CVE-2016-2808
Description
The watch implementation in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8, and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (generation-count overflow, out-of-bounds HashMap write access, and application crash) via a crafted web site.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 46.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"45.0.2"} | |
| 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 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 45.0.1 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2808.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-47.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246061
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2808
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.