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Vulnerability details: VCID-2w58-mdmk-guh8
Vulnerability ID VCID-2w58-mdmk-guh8
Aliases CVE-2016-2834
Summary Mozilla has updated the version of Network Security Services (NSS) library used in Firefox to NSS 3.23. This addresses four moderate rated networking security issues reported by Mozilla engineers Tyson Smith and Jed Davis.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.4
Risk 4.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
epss 0.00399 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
cvssv2 5.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2834
cvssv3 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2834
generic_textual none https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-61
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2834.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2834
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1206283
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221620
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241034
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241037
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4000
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7181
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7182
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7575
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1950
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.23_release_notes
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-61.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91072
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2993-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3029-1
1347908 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347908
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-2834 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2834
CVE-2016-2834 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2834
mfsa2016-61 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-61
RHSA-2016:2779 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2779
USN-2993-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2993-1/
USN-3029-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3029-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2834
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2834
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.60515
EPSS Score 0.00399
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:17:29.522805+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2016/mfsa2016-61.md 38.0.0