CVE-2016-5289 (GCVE-0-2016-5289)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
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Summary
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
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CWE
  • Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 50 (custom)
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