CVE-2016-2804

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201701-15

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Múltiples vulnerabilidades no especificadas en el motor del navegador en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 46.0 permiten a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria y caída de aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de vectores desconocidos.

Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, Phil Ringalda, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Mats Palmgren, Carsten Book, Boris Zbarsky, David Bolter, Randell Jesup, Andrew McCreight, and Steve Fink discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-03-01 CVE Reserved
2016-04-28 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141382	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1155328	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229855	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240880	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249183	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255298	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html	2017-07-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html	2017-07-01
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html	2017-07-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1	2017-07-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2	2017-07-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3	2017-07-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	2017-07-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 45.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 45.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.2.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.3.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.4.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.5.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.5.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.6.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.6.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.7.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.7.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.7.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.7.1"		-		Affected