8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-2835
Mozilla Firefox Browser Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 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 :

Aug. 5, 2016, 1:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 16, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2835 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

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-2016-2835 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2835 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 05, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:47.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254106 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254106 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1264998 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1264998 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270537 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270537 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222101 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222101 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282246 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282246 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280215 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280215 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280443 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280443 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251308 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251308 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275582 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275582 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 05, 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2835 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-2016-2835 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

2.30 }} 0.05%

score

0.89900

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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