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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-bexe-a2pb-8ubp |
| Aliases |
CVE-2016-1966
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| Summary | The CESG, the Information Security Arm of GCHQ, reported a dangling pointer dereference within the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) that could lead to the NPAPI subsystem crashing. This issue requires a maliciously crafted NPAPI plugin in concert with scripted web content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash when triggered. In general this flaw cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled, but is potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 8.0 |
| Risk | 4.0 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1966.json | ||
| https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1966 | ||
| 1315778 | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315778 | |
| CVE-2016-1966 | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1966 | |
| mfsa2016-31 | https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-31 | |
| RHSA-2016:0373 | https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0373 | |
| RHSA-2016:0460 | https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0460 | |
| USN-2917-1 | https://usn.ubuntu.com/2917-1/ | |
| USN-2934-1 | https://usn.ubuntu.com/2934-1/ |
| Percentile | 0.76128 |
| EPSS Score | 0.01007 |
| Published At | July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31T08:10:14.086651+00:00 | Mozilla Importer | Import | https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2016/mfsa2016-31.md | 37.0.0 |