CVE-2016-5257

CRITICAL

Firefox < 49.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.4 - Remote Code Execution or Denial of Service via Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (20)

Core 20
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0091
EPSS Percentile 76.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (5)
mozilla/firefox 45.1.0
mozilla/firefox 45.1.1
mozilla/firefox 45.2.0
mozilla/firefox 45.3.0
mozilla/firefox < 48.0.2
Published Sep 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026