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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.