CVE-2016-2836
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other vectors.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:1551 | 2016-08-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:1551 | 2016-08-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1809 | 2016-09-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1809 | 2016-09-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1809 | 2016-09-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2016:1809 | 2016-09-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:1551 | 2016-08-03 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Carsten Book, Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Andrew McCreight, Phil Ringnalda, and Philipp as the original reporters.External References
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