CVE-2016-5280

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    CVE-2016-5280

    Published: 22 Sept 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via bidirectional text.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289970

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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