CVE-2016-2805 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.9%
top 23.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 30
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox15 versions+14
▶Ubuntumozilla/thunderbird< 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-683q-h46v-73wp: Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38↗2022-05-17
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2016-05-19
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OSV
CVE-2016-2805: Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38↗2016-04-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2016-05-19
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.8) (MFSA 2016-39)↗2016-04-26
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Debian
CVE-2016-2805: firefox - Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x befo...↗2016
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
An Investigation into Inconsistency of Software Vulnerability Severity across Data Sources↗2022-01-16
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2805 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.8) (MFSA 2016-39)↗2016-04-25
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