CVE-2016-1951 (GCVE-0-2016-1951)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-07 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
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Summary
Multiple integer overflows in io/prprf.c in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) before 4.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to a PR_*printf function.
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