CVE-2016-2808

Publication date 27 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The watch implementation in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8, and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (generation-count overflow, out-of-bounds HashMap write access, and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
	15.10 wily	Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.10.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
mozjs38	17.04 zesty	Fixed 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu0.1
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
thunderbird	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)