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CVE-2016-2805

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.7%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.65% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3576 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1035692 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-2973-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-15 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1241731 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3559 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1041.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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