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Vulnerability details: VCID-gu5n-35b2-a3am
Vulnerability ID VCID-gu5n-35b2-a3am
Aliases CVE-2016-2839
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-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.6 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2839.json
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
epss 0.00748 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2839
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2839
generic_textual none https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-65
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2839.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2839
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275339
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-65.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
1361977 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361977
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-2839 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2839
CVE-2016-2839 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2839
GLSA-201701-15 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
mfsa2016-65 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-65
USN-3044-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3044-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2839.json
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
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/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:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2839
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:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2839
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 0.73044
EPSS Score 0.00748
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:18.083419+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 38.0.0