CVE-2016-2805

Publication date 30 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
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
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2973-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 19 May 2016

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