CVE-2016-5257
Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 22, 2016, 10:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 22, 2024, 1:54 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 30, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 27, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:48.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588 Issue Tracking Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5257 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5257
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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4.14 }} 0.09%
score
0.92379
percentile