CVE-2016-5256

Published: 22 September 2016

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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was released [49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])
	upstream	Released (49.0)
	xenial	Released (49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
	yakkety	Released (49.0+build4-0ubuntu2)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5256
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3076-1
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Debian

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