CVE-2016-2805
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
8.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2805
Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2805.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0.5 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.1.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.1.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.2.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.2.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.3.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.4.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.5.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.5.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.6.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.6.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.7.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.7.1 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2805.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1041.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241731
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2805
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.