CVE-2016-2818 Memory corruption in n/a

High 8.8 Published 13 Jun 2016 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via memory corruption in the Firefox browser engine.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2016-2818?

CVE-2016-2818 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2818?

It affects 21 products.

Linux distribution packages (16)

`thunderbird` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el5_11`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el5_11`
`thunderbird` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el6_8`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el6_8`
`thunderbird` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el6_8`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el6_8`
`thunderbird` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el6_8`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el6_8`
`thunderbird` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el7_2`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el7_2`
`thunderbird` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el7_2`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el7_2`
`thunderbird` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el7_2`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el7_2`
`thunderbird` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el5_11`
`thunderbird-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5	All versions	`0:45.2-1.el5_11`

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2818?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-2818 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2818, DLA-572-1, DSA-3647-1, GHSA-v95x-rjc5-w49x, RHSA-2016:1392, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2818.