Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-5257
CVE-2016-5257
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
20- 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
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/nvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/nvd
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