HIGH
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:46.0) (MFSA 2016-39)
Published Apr 30, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.84%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 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.
OR
- ≤ 45.0.2
- 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
- 38.5.2
- 38.6.0
- 38.6.1
- 38.7.0
- 38.7.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
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
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.
4.84% 0.04841
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04841
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 (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.84% (0.04841) | 91.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 4.84% (0.04841) | 91.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5.85% (0.05852) | 92.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 4.84% (0.04841) | 91.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 5.85% (0.05852) | 92.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 4.84% (0.04841) | 91.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 5.85% (0.05852) | 92.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 4.84% (0.04841) | 91.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 5.85% (0.05852) | 92.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.84% (0.04841) | 90.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.88% (0.01875) | 81.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.66% (0.03656) | 79.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.88% (0.01875) | 81.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.20% (0.03204) | 91.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 30, 2024 | 3.20% (0.03204) | 91.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 3.13% (0.03134) | 90.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 2.89% (0.02894) | 89.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.53% (0.02526) | 88.48th | 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) |
| Mar 11, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 77.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.20% (0.05203) | 75.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2804 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141382 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1155328 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229855 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240880 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249183 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255298 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330260 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2804
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2804
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Apr 30, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 1, 2016
Link CVE-2016-2804
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a