VDB
CVE-2016-5254
CVE-2016-5254
PUBLISHED
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULPopupManager::KeyDown function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by leveraging keyboard access to use the Alt key during selection of top-level menu items.
EPSS 1.54% · 81.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.54%
81.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Aug 3, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5254 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-70/ third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1266963 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3044-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5254 third-party-advisory