CVE-2016-5297
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.6% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An error in argument length checking in JavaScript, leading to potential integer overflows or other bounds checking issues. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.6% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-06-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| mozilla | firefox |
| mozilla | thunderbird |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
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