High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 30, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-2805
CVE-2016-2805
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.
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Affected products
49cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <38.8
- osv-coords33 versionspkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205
< 38.8.0esr-66.2+ 32 more
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-66.2
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 38.8.0esr-40.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.2-30.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1041.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvd
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