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CVE-2016-1952

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1952 describes multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities in the browser engine of Mozilla Firefox before version 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, affecting products from Mozilla, Novell, OpenSUSE, and Oracle. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code through unknown vectors, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it received limited media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.7.0-1.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:38.7.0-1.el7_2
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1952Critical

Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.7) (MFSA 2016-16)

Mar 8, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-06
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3510
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-16.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035215
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2934-1