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Vulnerability details: VCID-1w8j-w2rh-hqdf
Vulnerability ID VCID-1w8j-w2rh-hqdf
Aliases CVE-2016-2809
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
epss 0.0039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
cvssv2 7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2809
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2809
generic_textual none https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-40
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2809.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212939
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-40.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
1330272 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330272
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:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-2809 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2809
CVE-2016-2809 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2809
GLSA-201701-15 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
mfsa2016-40 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-40
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C 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:N/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2809
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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2809
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 0.59911
EPSS Score 0.0039
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:17.450733+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 38.0.0