CVE-2016-5256

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5256
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-22T22:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-30T01:29:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 48.0.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1290244 Issue Tracking
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1296087 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1276413 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1282746 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1296078 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297099 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268034 Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5256
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5256
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:10:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:16:48 2016-09-22T22:59Z 2016-09-22T22:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:16:48 2017-07-30T01:29:07 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:16:48 Modified Vulnerability Status updated