CVE-2016-2836
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other 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-2016-2836
Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2836.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 48.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2836.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1809.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154923
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249578
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257765
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258079
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268626
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282502
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283823
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822081
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2836
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.