CVE-2016-2806

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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allow 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-2016-2806

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-2016-2806.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debiansidfixed46.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed45.1.0esr-1
debian debianbullseyefixed45.1.0esr-1
debian debianforkyfixed45.1.0esr-1
debian debiantrixiefixed45.1.0esr-1
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"45.0.2"}
mozilla mozillafirefox45.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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