8.8

CVE-2016-2824: mozilla firefox

Modified
Published 13-06-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2824 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.4% 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
1.72%
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 5 · Related 5

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The TSymbolTableLevel class in ANGLE, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of a WebGL shader that writes to an array.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.72% 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.

Opensuse2 products
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox45.1.0 | 45.1.1 | ≤ 46.0.1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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