Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5256
CVE-2016-5256
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
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Affected products
3- Range: <49.0
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvd
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