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CVE-2016-5257 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2016-5257

CRITICAL9.8

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49

Published Sep 22, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

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.

References

ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690 WEBhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095 WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407 ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5257 WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

9.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

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

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Timeline

PublishedSep 22, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024