DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5291

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	firefox-esr	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	firefox-esr	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	firefox-esr	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	firefox-esr	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jun 11, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5291 advisory

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