CVE-2016-1963 Information

Description

The FileReader class in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by changing a file during a FileReader API read operation.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238440 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.4