critical
CVE-2016-5297
Mozilla: Incorrect argument length checking in Javascript (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)
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 (medium), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox | 45.5.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox | 45.5.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 45.5.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr, icedove | 45.5.1esr-1~deb7u1 and 1 more |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr, icedove | 45.5.0esr-1~deb8u1 and 1 more |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox, thunderbird | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 and 1 more |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox, thunderbird | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 and 1 more |
Show all 20 entries from 14 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox | 45.5.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox | 45.5.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 45.5.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 45.5.1esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 7 | icedove | 1:45.5.1-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| debian 8 | icedove | 1:45.5.1-1~deb8u1 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | firefox | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | thunderbird | 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5297
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-5297.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2780.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5297
All 18 references
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3124-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3141-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5297
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-89.html