CVE-2016-5292

Publication date 17 November 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
thunderbird	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3124-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
19 November 2016

Other references