CVE-2016-5292 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxDebian Firefox-esr
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

During URL parsing, a maliciously crafted URL can cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 50.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 50
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 50.0
▶debiandebian/firefox-esr< firefox 50.0-1 (sid)
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-crcr-jcjm-54w8: During URL parsing, a maliciously crafted URL can cause a potentially exploitable crash↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-11-19
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OSV
CVE-2016-5292: During URL parsing, a maliciously crafted URL can cause a potentially exploitable crash↗2016-11-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-11-19
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Red Hat
Mozilla: URL parsing causes crash (MFSA 2016-89)↗2016-11-15
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Debian
CVE-2016-5292: firefox - During URL parsing, a maliciously crafted URL can cause a potentially exploitabl...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5292 Mozilla: URL parsing causes crash (MFSA 2016-89)↗2016-11-15
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