PT-2016-5222 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Karl Tomlinson + 1 · Published 2016-06-07 · Updated 2024-10-22 · CVE-2016-2818

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 47.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.2

Description The issue affects the browser engine, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service, which includes memory corruption and application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The estimated number of potentially affected devices and details about real-world incidents are not specified.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 47.0, update to version 47.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.2, update to version 45.2 or later.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1630

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CESA-2016_1217

CESA-2016_1392

CVE-2016-2818

DLA-521-1

DLA-572-1

DSA-3600-1

DSA-3647-1

MGASA-2016-0220

MGASA-2016-0254

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:1769-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:1778-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1552-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1557-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1767-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1778-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

RHSA-2016:1217

RHSA-2016:1392

RHSA-2016_1217

RHSA-2016_1392

SUSE-SU-2016:1691-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1799-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1

USN-2993-1

USN-3023-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 1037

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2818 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3647-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/45.2.0/releasenotes · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-51 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2821 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/45.1.1/releasenotes · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2818 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3023-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2016:1769-1 · Vendor Advisory