Is CVE-2016-1945 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-1945 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-1945?

CVE-2016-1945 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-1945?

CVE-2016-1945 has an EPSS score of 2.97% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1945?

Upgrade firefox on ubuntu 14.04 to 44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1945

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The nsZipArchive function in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect use of a pointer during processing of a ZIP archive.

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2880-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

mozilla.org

Other references8

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.