CVE-2016-1953: mozilla firefox

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1953DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1953

Published 13-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1953 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

8.8/10

010

High · v3.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

3.23%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 8

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:1769-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2016:1778-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1 SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1+2 more

Timeline

13-03-2016
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
05-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to js/src/jit/arm/Assembler-arm.cpp, and unknown other vectors.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

v3.08.8v2.06.8

EPSS trend

Probability

3.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Opensuse2 products

leapEOL42.1
opensuseEOL13.1 | 13.2

Debian1 product

firefox-esr< 45.0esr-1

Novell1 product

suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise12

Ubuntu1 product

firefox< 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

5 vendors · 7 products

References

37 links

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243583X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234425X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236519X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248794X Refsource CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238935X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1225618X Refsource CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE

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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-16.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245866X Refsource CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224363X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224361X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243555X Refsource CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207958X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241731X Refsource CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247236X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238558X Refsource CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224369X Refsource CONFIRM
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205163X Refsource CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199171X Refsource CONFIRM
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1953REPORT
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-16/REPORT
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2917-1Advisory
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1953REPORT
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1953Advisory