CVE-2016-2805

HIGH
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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.

References

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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1041.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-04-30

Updated: 2017-07-01

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

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_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:firefox_esr:38.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (23 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
96276GLSA-201701-15 : Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (SWEET32)NessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
9379Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.1 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
9378Mozilla Firefox ESR < 38.8 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
91543Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160512)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
91298SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:1374-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
91281SUSE SLES10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2016:1352-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
91258Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-2973-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91250SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:1342-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
91216Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160512)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
91138Debian DSA-3576-1 : icedove - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
91134Debian DLA-472-2 : icedove regression updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
91113Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : thunderbird (ELSA-2016-1041)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
91106CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2016:1041)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
91080RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2016:1041)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
90994SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:1258-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
90791Firefox ESR < 38.8 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
high
90788Firefox ESR < 38.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high
90767Debian DSA-3559-1 : iceweasel - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
90753Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160426)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
90750RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2016:0695)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
90747Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2016-0695)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
90741FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (92d44f83-a7bf-41cf-91ee-3d1b8ecf579f)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
high
90723CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2016:0695)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high