CVE-2016-1952: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-1952 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 15 · Related 10Timeline
- 13-03-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.99%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.99% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mozilla2 products
- firefox≤ 44.0.2 | 38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | 38.3.0 | 38.4.0 | 38.5.0 | 38.5.1 | 38.6.0 | 38.6.1
- thunderbird≤ 38.6.0
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Debian1 product
- firefox-esr< 45.0esr-1
Novell1 product
Oracle1 product
- linuxEOL5.0 | 6 | 7
6 vendors · 9 products
References
35 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Show all 35 references
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
