Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49 and Firefox ESR 45.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-730-1 | firefox-esr security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-752-1 | icedove security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3716-1 | firefox-esr security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3730-1 | icedove security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-6241 | Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49 and Firefox ESR 45.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3124-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3141-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000
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| Vendors & Products |
Mozilla firefox Esr
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Projects
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.950Z
Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-5290
No data.
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:00.373
Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803
Link: CVE-2016-5290
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN