7.5

CVE-2016-2808: mozilla firefox

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2808DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2808
Published 30-04-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2808 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.06%
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 9 · Related 6
DSA-3559-1MGASA-2016-0158OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1RHSA-2016:0695SUSE-SU-2016:1258-1

Timeline

  1. 30-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The watch implementation in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8, and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (generation-count overflow, out-of-bounds HashMap write access, and application crash) via a crafted web site.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.06% 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

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • firefox-esr< 45.1.0esr-1
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≤ 45.0.2 | 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 | 38.7.0 | 38.7.1 | 45.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | < 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

3 vendors · 3 products

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