CVE-2016-2805

Publication date 30 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
thunderbird 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
firefox 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
mozjs38 17.04 zesty
Fixed 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2973-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 19 May 2016

Other references