CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-1966.md

CVE-2016-1966

Description

The nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in dom/plugins/base/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and memory corruption) via a crafted NPAPI plugin.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246054

Github

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