CVE-2016-2805

Publication date 30 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
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
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

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	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