CVE-2016-2836

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2836
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-05 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-16 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

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

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710500 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15)
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