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CVE-2016-1971

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1971 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the WebRTC implementation of Mozilla Firefox before version 45.0 on Windows, specifically within the I420VideoFrame::CreateFrame function due to a missing status check. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with a network-based attack requiring user interaction, potentially leading to denial of service, and high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 44.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1971Moderate

Mozilla: WebRTC and LibVPX vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2016-32)

Mar 8, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-06
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-32.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/84220
securitytracker.com / id/1035215