CVE-2016-2806

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2806
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-30 17:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 45.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 12.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1212328 - Crash [@ js::PrintError] with heap-buffer-overflow involving evalInWorker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1255949 - Crash [@ ??] with weird memory address af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1211-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
1242668 - Memory corruption in mozilla::layers::ClientLayerManager::DidComposite appears to be exploitable /use after free af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1256065 - crash in mozilla::GMPVideoDecoder::GMPInitDone af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
USN-2936-3: Firefox regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1242810 - Assertion failure: MIR instruction returned object with unexpected type, at js/src/jit/MacroAssembler.cpp:1445 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1767-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3601-1 icedove af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
1253099 - Assertion failure: p, at js/src/vm/Shape.cpp:1568 with RegExp and GC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
USN-2936-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1778-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
1228882 - "ASSERTION: element already removed from map" or heap-buffer-overflow with <bdi>, dir=auto af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1769-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
1254122 - Assertion failure: returnAddr > method_->raw(), at js/src/jit/BaselineJIT.cpp:731 with OOM and TypedObject af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
USN-2936-2: Oxygen-GTK3 update | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:46.0 / rv:45.1 / rv:38.8) — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
1258231 - crash in nsConsoleService::ClearMessagesForWindowID af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
1238592 - Crash at xul!js::InlineSpaghettiStackIterator<js::jit::MStoreToRecover>::InlineSpaghettiStackIterator<js::jit::MStoreToRecover>+0x00000012) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1251-1: moderate: Security update to Firefox 46.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
1231919 - crash in mozilla::a11y::DocAccessible::ValidateARIAOwned af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
1260439 - workerdebuggersandbox_moved needs to update the wrappercache af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Gain Elevated Privileges, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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  • 710500 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15)
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