CVE-2016-2836
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 48.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 45.3.0esr-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2836.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1809.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154923
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249578
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257765
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258079
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268626
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282502
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283823
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822081
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2836
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.