CVE-2016-1953

high
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Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to js/src/jit/arm/Assembler-arm.cpp, and unknown other vectors.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-16.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199171

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205163

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207958

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224361

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224363

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224369

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1225618

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234425

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236519

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238558

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238935

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241731

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243555

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243583

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245866

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247236

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248794

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-03-13

Updated: 2018-10-30

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 44.0.2 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 38.6.0 (inclusive)

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (17 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
802023Firefox < 45 Multiple VulnerabilitiesLog Correlation EngineWeb Clients
critical
91986openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Thunderbird (openSUSE-2016-851)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
91985openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Thunderbird (openSUSE-2016-848)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
91379GLSA-201605-06 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (Logjam) (SLOTH)NessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
90598Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : firefox regressions (USN-2917-3)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
9207Mozilla Firefox < 45.0 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
90421Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : firefox regressions (USN-2917-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
90263SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
90065SUSE SLES10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:0820-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89990SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89929SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89915openSUSE Security Update : Firefox (openSUSE-2016-334)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89913openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nspr / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-332)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
89875Firefox < 45 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
89873Firefox < 45 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
89826Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 / 15.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-2917-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
89765FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2225c5b4-1e5a-44fc-9920-b3201c384a15)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical