CVE-2016-2814
Heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::SampleTable::parseSampleCencInfo function in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0,…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::SampleTable::parseSampleCencInfo function in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8, and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted CENC offsets that lead to mismanagement of the sizes table.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0695 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1035692 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1374 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2936-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1352 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-44.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2936-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2936-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254721 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-3887 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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