CVE-2016-2836

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2836
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-05 01:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

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]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 45.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 45.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 45.2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 45.3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1249578 – Assertion failure: mTargetSize.height <= aOriginalSize.height (Created a downscaler, but height is larger), at Downscaler.cpp:71 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
1268626 - Crash [@ ??] or Assertion failure: MIR instruction returned value with unexpected type, at js/src/jit/MacroAssembler.cpp:1454 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof Content, Modify Files, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1964-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2026-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-3044-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
1283823 - Crash in mozilla::net::Http2Session::ReadSegmentsAgain af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
822081 – "Assertion failure: !comp->rt->isHeapBusy()" with about:memory and verifyprebarriers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
1257765 - [Mac] Obj-C exception: [NSInvalidArgumentException: *** -[_NSConcreteUserNotification setUserInfo:]. UserInfo too big. Encoded data greater than 16k....] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
1282502 - Crash [@ js::frontend::BytecodeEmitter::emitUnaliasedVarOp] or Assertion failure: num <= (65535), at jsscript.h:451 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:48.0 / rv:45.3) — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
1154923 - Compartment mismatch in js::ScriptSourceObject::initFromOptions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3640-1 firefox-esr af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
1258079 - Intermittent test_mediaDecoding.html | application crashed [@ mozilla::OffTheBooksMutex::Lock] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
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