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Critical
CVE-2016-5257
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox...
Vulnerability Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 45.1.0, 45.1.1, 45.2.0, 45.3.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 22nd, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.