CVE-2016-2805 is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability in the browser engine of Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x versions prior to 38.8. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, potentially leading to a denial of service (application crash) or arbitrary code execution. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential impact. Organizations using affected Firefox ESR versions should update immediately to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.