CVE catalog

CVE-2016-1972

libvpx: CVE-2016-1972

Severity: High · CVSS 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Jun 15, 2024, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.91% · Oct 22, 2026

Race condition in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Windows might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	libvpx	sid	`1.17.0-1`	not affected
Debian	libvpx	forky	`1.17.0-1`	not affected
Debian	libvpx	trixie	`1.15.0-2.1+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	libvpx	trixie-security	`1.15.0-2.1+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	libvpx	bookworm	`1.12.0-1+deb12u5`	not affected
Debian	libvpx	bookworm-security	`1.12.0-1+deb12u5`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	libvpx	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	libvpx	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	libvpx	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	libvpx	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libvpx7]Unknown
Source package: [libvpx]
Details (4)
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
[libvpx-dev]Unknown
Source package: [libvpx]
Details (4)
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
[libvpx-doc]Unknown
Source package: [libvpx]
Details (4)
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
[vpx-tools]Unknown
Source package: [libvpx]
Details (4)
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm
- 1.12.0-1+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · libvpx · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:19:46 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]