CVE-2016-5289
CRITICALFirefox < 50.0 - Memory Corruption and Remote Code Execution
Title source: llmDescription
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49. 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 Firefox < 50.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1296649%2C1298107%2C1300129%2C1305876%2C1314667%2C1301252%2C1277866%2C1307254%2C1252511%2C1264053
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0181
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
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 (1)
mozilla/firefox
< 50.0
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026