Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1950

Title: Oracle Glassfish Server RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1950.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Mar 13, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.87%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1950: Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.3 and 3.20.x and 3.21.x before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ASN.1 data in an X.509 certificate.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0495.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-35.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84223 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2924-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa119 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245528 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.3_release_notes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 https://support.apple.com/HT206166 https://support.apple.com/HT206167 https://support.apple.com/HT206168 https://support.apple.com/HT206169 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0495.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-35.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84223 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2924-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa119 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245528 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.3_release_notes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 https://support.apple.com/HT206166 https://support.apple.com/HT206167 https://support.apple.com/HT206168 https://support.apple.com/HT206169

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1950 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 13, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.