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CVE-2016-2836 Detail

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.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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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
Source:
Mozilla Corporation