{"id":"CVE-2016-2808","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2808","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:43:54.110Z","title":"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,…","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.","published":"2016-04-30T17:59:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:44:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@mozilla.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["mozilla/firefox"],"epss":{"score":0.02064,"percentile":0.81234,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.html","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.html","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.html","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-47.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246061","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15","source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-47.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246061","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2808","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}