Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.8) (MFSA 2016-39)
Published Apr 30, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.65%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8 allows 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.
- 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
- 38.7.0
- 38.7.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0695
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:38.8.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1041
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0695
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:38.8.0-2.el6_8
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1041
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0695
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:38.8.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1041
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0695 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:38.8.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1041 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0695 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:38.8.0-2.el6_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1041 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0695 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:38.8.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1041 |
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 4.65% (0.04651) | 91.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.65% (0.04651) | 90.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01839) | 81.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.59% (0.03586) | 79.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01839) | 81.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.16% (0.03158) | 91.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 30, 2024 | 3.16% (0.03158) | 91.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 3.09% (0.03089) | 90.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 2.85% (0.02852) | 89.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.49% (0.02489) | 88.39th | 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) |
References (18)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1041.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2805 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241731 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330266 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2805
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2805
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.