CVE-2016-5297
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:53
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 45.5
Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 50
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