Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5290
CVE-2016-5290
Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49 and Firefox ESR 45.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
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Affected products
51<50+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <50
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<45.5+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <45.5
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords46 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 45 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.0esr-88.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1esr-59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.3-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-17.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2825.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94335nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cginvdVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/nvdVendor Advisory
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