VDB
CVE-2016-5280
CVE-2016-5280
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via bidirectional text.
EPSS 5.04% · 91.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
5.04%
91.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | 0, 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | *, 0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4, 36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | 0, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2, 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Sep 21, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5280 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3076-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3112-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5280 third-party-advisory