8.8

CVE-2016-2836: mozilla firefox

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2016-0330RHSA-2016:1809UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2836
Published 05-08-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2836 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.9% 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
2.89%
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 12 · Related 8
DLA-585-1DSA-3640-1MGASA-2016-0278OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2253-1OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

Timeline

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

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other vectors.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.89% 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.

Debian2 products
  • firefox-esr< 45.3.0esr-1
  • icedove< 1:45.3.0-1~deb8u1 | < 1:45.3.0-1~deb7u1
Mageia2 products
  • thunderbird< 45.3.0-2.mga5
  • thunderbird-l10n< 45.3.0-1.mga5
Redhat2 products
  • thunderbird< 0:45.3.0-1.el5_11 | < 0:45.3.0-1.el6_8 | < 0:45.3.0-1.el7_2
  • thunderbird-debuginfo< 0:45.3.0-1.el5_11 | < 0:45.3.0-1.el6_8 | < 0:45.3.0-1.el7_2
Ubuntu2 products
  • firefox< 48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • thunderbird< 1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 | < 1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≤ 47.0.1 | 45.1.0 | 45.1.1 | 45.2.0 | 45.3.0

5 vendors · 9 products

References

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