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CVE-2016-5290

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS3.18% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2018-06-11
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (3)

VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
mozillafirefox
mozillathunderbird

References

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