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CVE-2016-2808
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…
High7.5EPSS 2.1%
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- mozilla
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0695 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1035692 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1374 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2936-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1352 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-47.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-3559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2936-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2936-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246061 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .