CVE-2016-1966

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.7

Description The issue is related to errors in pointer dereferencing in the nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function, which can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted NPAPI plugin. This exploitation can lead to the execution of arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.7, update to version 38.7 or later.