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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-2808 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 5.1 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:0695 | 2016-04-26 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:0695 | 2016-04-26 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2016:0695 | 2016-04-26 |