DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5278

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5278

    Published: 22 Sept 2016Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-5278

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame 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 a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5278

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox-esr

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -45.4.0esr-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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