CRITICAL
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.6) (MFSA 2016-01)
Published Jan 31, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 5.99%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:38.6.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0071
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0258
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:38.6.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0071
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0258
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:38.6.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0071
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0258
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:38.6.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0071 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0258 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:38.6.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0071 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0258 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:38.6.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0071 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0258 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.99% 0.05992
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05992
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.99% (0.05992) | 93.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.99% (0.05992) | 92.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 7, 2025 | 1.57% (0.01575) | 80.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.39% (0.03386) | 86.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.77% (0.05770) | 83.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.39% (0.03386) | 86.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00779) | 82.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 0.75% (0.00747) | 80.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00729) | 78.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 18, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 75.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 72.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.31% (0.07312) | 92.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.31% (0.07312) | 91.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.31% (0.07312) | 80.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (35)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00101.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00105.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0071.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3457 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3491 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81953 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2904-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1930 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221385 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1223670 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224200 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230483 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230639 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230668 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230686 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1233152 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1233346 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1233925 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234280 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234571 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301818 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1930
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1930
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-01.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Jan 31, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 20, 2016
Link CVE-2016-1930
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a