CVE-2016-5257

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

• CWE-119

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407Issue Tracking
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407Issue Tracking
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/

Published

Sep 22, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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