CVE-2016-2805

high
Published 2016-04-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2805

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2805.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.6.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.6.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.7.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.7.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.