CVE-2016-1931
Status: ModifiedCritical (10)—
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to uninitialized memory encountered during brotli data compression, and other vectors.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 10
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.72%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
- Score date: 10/11/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81953
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1180064
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186973
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1206675
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207298
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209358
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209365
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209366
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209368
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209546
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222015
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229825
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231121
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234576
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81953
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1180064
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186973
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1206675
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207298
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209358
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209365
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209366
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209368
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209546
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222015
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229825
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231121
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234576
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
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