CVE-2016-5289
Published: 17 November 2016
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49. 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 Firefox < 50.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(50.0)
|
precise |
Released
(50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |