VDB
CVE-2016-5291
CVE-2016-5291
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
EPSS 0.44% · 36.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.44%
36.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu1, 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | *, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | *, *, * |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 44.0+build3-0ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Nov 16, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5291 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-2016-5291 third-party-advisory