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GHSA-3H9F-Q3M2-WJHJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:12 – Updated: 2025-11-25 18:32

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2016-5297 (GCVE-0-2016-5297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Incorrect argument length checking in JavaScript

Assigner

mozilla

References

9 references

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https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 45.5 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 45.5 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 50 (custom)

Date Public

2016-11-15 00:00

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GHSA-3H9F-Q3M2-WJHJ

CVE-2016-5297 (GCVE-0-2016-5297)

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