CVE-2016-2806 describes multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities within the browser engine of Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 46.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x prior to 45.1, also affecting Debian, OpenSUSE, and SUSE distributions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), these flaws could be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, to cause a denial of service through application crashes or potentially execute arbitrary code, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), and no public exploit code is available via Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. While there is limited community discussion (1 mention), the vulnerability received media coverage from SecurityWeek, indicating some public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.