CVE-2016-5257 (GCVE-0-2016-5257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-22 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
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Summary
Multiple 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-09-20 00:00
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