CVE-2016-5290

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: June 11, 2018 Modified: November 25, 2025
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Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49 and Firefox ESR 45.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2825.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94335
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1309720%2C1297062%2C1303710%2C1018486%2C1292590%2C1301343%2C1301496%2C1308048%2C1308346%2C1299519%2C1286911%2C1298169
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2825.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94335
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1309720%2C1297062%2C1303710%2C1018486%2C1292590%2C1301343%2C1301496%2C1308048%2C1308346%2C1299519%2C1286911%2C1298169
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mozilla debian

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