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CVE-2016-1953

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1953 describes multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities in the browser engine of Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, also affecting Novell and openSUSE. These vulnerabilities carry a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating they can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is noted, the vulnerability received some media coverage and community discussion at the time of disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 44.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0323 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1953Critical

Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:45.0) (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/msg00093.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-06
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-16.html
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035215
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-3