HIGH
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:45.2) (MFSA 2016-49)
Published Jun 13, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.87%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 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
- 8.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 6.0
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
Configuration 5
OR
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 12
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 42.1
- 13.1
- 13.2
Configuration 6
OR
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.10
- 16.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1217
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:45.2-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1392
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el6_8
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1217
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:45.2-1.el6_8
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1392
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1217
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:45.2-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1392
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1217 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:45.2-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1392 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el6_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1217 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:45.2-1.el6_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1392 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:45.2.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1217 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:45.2-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1392 |
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.
3.87% 0.03873
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03873
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.87% (0.03873) | 89.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.89% (0.03888) | 88.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00426) | 59.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01482) | 69.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00426) | 60.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 82.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 81.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.77% (0.00767) | 81.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 0.77% (0.00767) | 79.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 77.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00580) | 74.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 90.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 24, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 89.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.20% (0.05203) | 88.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.20% (0.05203) | 75.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (35)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- 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-3600 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3647 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-49.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3023-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1217 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1392 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2818 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234147 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256493 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256739 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256968 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261230 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1261752 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1263384 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1264575 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265577 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1267130 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269729 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273202 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273701 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1342887 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2818
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2818
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-49.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Jun 13, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 1, 2016
Link CVE-2016-2818
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a