CVE-2016-5257
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 45.4 (MFSA 2016-85, MFSA 2016-86)
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Múltiples vulnerabilidades no especificadas en el motor del navegador en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 49.0, Firefox ESR en versiones 45.x anteriores a la 45.4 y Thunderbird en versiones anteriores a la 45.4 permiten a los atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria y cierre inesperado de la aplicación) o, posiblemente, ejecutar código arbitrario mediante vectores no conocidos.
Atte Kettunen discovered an out-of-bounds read when handling certain Content Security Policy directives in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash. Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Nathan Froyd, Honza Bambas, Seth Fowler, Michael Smith, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard, Steve Fink, Tyson Smith, and Carsten Book discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-06-03 CVE Reserved
- 2016-09-21 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (22)
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html | X_refsource_confirm |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 | Vdb Entry | |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 | Vdb Entry | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095 | Issue Tracking | |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407 | Issue Tracking | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86 | X_refsource_confirm | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88 | X_refsource_confirm |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html | 2018-06-12 | |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html | 2018-06-12 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 | 2018-06-12 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690 | 2018-06-12 | |
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html | 2018-06-12 | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | 2018-06-12 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5257 | 2016-10-03 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377543 | 2016-10-03 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | <= 48.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 48.0.2" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 45.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.1.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 45.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.1.1" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 45.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.2.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | 45.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "45.3.0" | - |
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