8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-2836
Mozilla Firefox HTTP/2/SPDY Engine Remote Code Execution Denial of Service
Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Oct. 22, 2024, 1:54 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2836 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-2016-2836 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:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1809.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
  • 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_esr:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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=1249578 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249578 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154923 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154923 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282502 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282502 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258079 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258079 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257765 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257765 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822081 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822081 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283823 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283823 Issue Tracking
    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=1268626 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268626 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • 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.
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

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