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 ar…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.019 (83.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- DSA-3457 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- DSA-3491 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0492 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- 1034825 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- RHSA-2016:0071 (x_refsource_REDHAT, 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.