CVE-2016-2835
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.86% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.htmlVendor Advisory
- 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=1222101Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251308Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254106Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1264998Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270537Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275582Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280215Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280443Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282246Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-62.htmlVendor Advisory
- 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=1222101Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251308Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254106Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1264998Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1270537Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275582Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280215Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280443Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.