CVE-2016-1946

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

5.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-01-31 18:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-20

Assigning CNA

mozilla

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-189

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1a74f66ce939b49eb03e738e120d2ee4e83232076a2c1dffa883bef563517af2

• hg.mozilla.orghttps://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/2a57c0a0cf19x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1034825http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2880-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2880-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-10.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1232069x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0309http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com81950http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81950vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201605-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0306http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE