CVE-2016-1957 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption by exploiting a memory leak in the libstagefright component when processing MPEG-4 files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-1957?
CVE-2016-1957 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 13 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Memory leak in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an MPEG-4 file that triggers a delete operation on an array.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1957?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Novell Suse Package Hub for Suse Linux Enterprise, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1957?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-1957 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1957 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1957, GHSA-rgq5-qww2-853g, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1957.