critical
CVE-2016-5276
Mozilla: Heap-use-after-free in mozilla::a11y::DocAccessible::ProcessInvalidationList (MFSA 2016-85, MFSA 2016-86)
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Oracle. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::a11y::DocAccessible::ProcessInvalidationList function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an aria-owns attribute.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox | 45.4.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox | 45.4.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 45.4.0-1.0.1.el7_2 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1~deb8u2 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox, thunderbird | 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 and 1 more |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox, thunderbird | 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 and 1 more |
Show all 18 entries from 14 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox | 45.4.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox | 45.4.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 45.4.0-1.0.1.el7_2 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1~deb8u2 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.4.0esr-1 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox | 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | firefox | 49.0+build4-0ubuntu2 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | thunderbird | 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5276
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287721
All 19 references
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-5276.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1912.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5276
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3076-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3112-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5276
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/