GSD-2016-5257

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
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CVE-2016-5257
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