Mozilla Firefox CVE-2016-1966 Vulnerability

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The CESG, the Information Security Arm of GCHQ, reported a dangling pointer dereference within the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) that could lead to the NPAPI subsystem crashing. This issue requires a maliciously crafted NPAPI plugin in concert with scripted web content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash when triggered.

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Firefox
Firefox ESR

CVE References

CVE-2016-1966