HIGH
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.7) (MFSA 2016-16)
Published Mar 13, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.99%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 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 2
Configuration 3
OR
- ≤ 44.0.2
- 38.0
- 38.0.1
- 38.0.5
- 38.1.0
- 38.1.1
- 38.2.0
- 38.2.1
- 38.3.0
- 38.4.0
- 38.5.0
- 38.5.1
- 38.6.0
- 38.6.1
- ≤ 38.6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0373
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0460
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0373
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0460
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0373
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0460
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0373 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0460 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0373 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0460 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0373 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0460 |
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.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.99% 0.02990
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02990
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 | 2.99% (0.02990) | 86.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03001) | 85.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.64% (0.00638) | 68.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.10% (0.02098) | 73.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.64% (0.00638) | 68.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.19% (0.01189) | 85.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 84.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01114) | 82.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 30, 2023 | 0.86% (0.00861) | 80.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 26, 2023 | 0.55% (0.00545) | 74.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 68.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 90.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 89.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 77.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (34)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-16.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1952 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123661 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221872 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224979 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234578 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241217 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242279 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1244250 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1244995 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249685 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315566 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1952
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1952
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-16.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Mar 13, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 20, 2016
Link CVE-2016-1952
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a