CVE-2016-5257

NameCVE-2016-5257
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-636-1, DLA-658-1, DSA-3674-1, DSA-3690-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid131.0.3-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)128.3.1esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie128.3.1esr-2fixed
icedove (PTS)jessie1:52.3.0-4~deb8u2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)49.0-1
firefox-esrsourcewheezy45.4.0esr-1~deb7u1DLA-636-1
firefox-esrsourcejessie45.4.0esr-1~deb8u2DSA-3674-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)45.4.0esr-1
icedovesourcewheezy1:45.4.0-1~deb7u1DLA-658-1
icedovesourcejessie1:45.4.0-1~deb8u1DSA-3690-1
icedovesource(unstable)1:45.4.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/

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