CVE-2016-5296

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    CVE-2016-5296

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A heap-buffer-overflow in Cairo when processing SVG content caused by compiler optimization, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94339, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292443

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    Introduced- None
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