CVE-2016-5290
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 50.0-1 | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 50.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 45.5.0esr-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.