Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:45.3) (MFSA 2016-62)
Published Aug 5, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.89%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other vectors.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1551
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:45.3.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1809
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el6_8
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1551
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:45.3.0-1.el6_8
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1809
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1551
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:45.3.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1809
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1551 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:45.3.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1809 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el6_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1551 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:45.3.0-1.el6_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1809 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1551 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:45.3.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1809 |
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.89% (0.02890) | 86.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.91% (0.02914) | 85.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.56% (0.00559) | 65.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01843) | 71.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.56% (0.00559) | 66.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.30% (0.02301) | 90.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2024 | 2.25% (0.02250) | 89.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01964) | 87.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.71% (0.01711) | 85.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 90.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 15, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 89.77th | 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) |
References (24)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1809.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2836 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154923 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249578 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257765 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258079 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268626 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282502 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283823 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822081 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361974 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2836
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2836
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.