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CVE-2016-2836 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1809.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154923 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249578 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257765 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258079 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268626 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282502 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283823 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822081 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Technical Details

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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (including)
47.0.1
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2836
NVD Published Date:
08/04/2016
NVD Last Modified:
08/15/2017