High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 30, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2808
CVE-2016-2808
Description
The watch implementation in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8, and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (generation-count overflow, out-of-bounds HashMap write access, and application crash) via a crafted web site.
Affected products
17cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=45.0.2
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
15- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-47.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.htmlnvd
- 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
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvd
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