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CVE-2016-5290

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49 and Firefox ESR 45.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we…

Critical9.8EPSS 3.2%
Published
Updated
Reserved
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mozilla

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-5290, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Critical9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Mozilla · Thunderbird

    • affected unspecified – < 45.5

  • Mozilla · Firefox ESR

    • affected unspecified – < 45.5

  • Mozilla · Firefox

    • affected unspecified – < 50

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Record last updated .