CVE-2016-2806

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.27% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253099
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242810
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242668
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231919
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258231
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255949
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254122
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1260439
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212328
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238592
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3601 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256065
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228882
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251922

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2806?
CVE-2016-2806 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2806?
To fix CVE-2016-2806, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2806 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-2806 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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