CVE-2016-2806
Mozilla Firefox Browser Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 30, 2016, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2806
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade Firefox to version 46 or later.
- Upgrade Firefox ESR to version 45.1 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-2806.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2806 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2806
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-2806 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-2806 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3601 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212328 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228882 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231919 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238592 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242668 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242810 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251922 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253099 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254122 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255949 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256065 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258231 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1260439 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 19, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 19, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3601 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Base CVSS Score: 10
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.32 }} -1.95%
score
0.78964
percentile