Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5291
CVE-2016-5291
Description
A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
51<45.5+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <45.5
- (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
9- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- 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
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.