CVE-2016-2806
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 46.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 45.1.0esr-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2806.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3601
- 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-2936-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212328
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228882
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231919
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238592
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242668
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242810
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251922
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253099
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254122
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255949
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256065
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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