Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-1930
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.060 (93.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.1.0, 38.2.0
- Oracle Linux — versions 5.0, 6, 7
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3457 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3491 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00105.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0071.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1930?
- CVE-2016-1930 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-31.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1930?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.