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    CVE-2016-5257

    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.

    Published:Sep 20, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Sep 22, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00817
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
    https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
    https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
    https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
    https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/

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