CVE-2016-5297
Mozilla: Incorrect argument length checking in Javascript (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)
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Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
An error in argument length checking in JavaScript, leading to potential integer overflows or other bounds checking issues. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
Un error en la comprobación de lógica de argumentos en JavaScript conduce a potenciales desbordamientos de enteros u otros problemas de comprobación de límites. La vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird en versiones anteriores a la 45.5, Firefox ESR en versiones anteriores a la 45.5 y Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 50.
Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Tyson Smith, Jon Coppeard, Jan-Ivar Bruaroey, Jesse Ruderman, Markus Stange, Olli Pettay, Ehsan Akhgari, Gary Kwong, Tooru Fujisawa, and Randell Jesup 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. A same-origin policy bypass was discovered with local HTML files in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-06-03 CVE Reserved
- 2016-11-16 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-05-12 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CAPEC
References (11)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5297 | 2016-11-16 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395058 | 2016-11-16 |
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" | < 50.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 50.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 45.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 45.5.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 45.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 45.5.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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