VDB
CVE-2016-5290
CVE-2016-5290
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 3.18% · 87.5th 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
3.18%
87.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | *, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, 45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1, 45.0+build2-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | 0, 1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4, * |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, *, * |
Timeline
- Nov 16, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5290 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3124-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3141-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5290 third-party-advisory