7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-2808
Mozilla Firefox JavaScript Engine Watch Execution of Arbitrary Code
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 30, 2016, 5:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 22, 2024, 1:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2808 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2808 vulnerability over time.

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  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html [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]
    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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.html [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]

    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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-47.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-47.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
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.88 }} 0.04%

score

0.88437

percentile

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