CVE-2016-5297

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5297
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-07-30T12:53:51
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 50.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 45.5.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 45.5.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5297
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5297
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:38:16 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:38:16 2018-07-30T12:53:51 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:38:16 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated