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Vulnerability details: VCID-3dea-vjmc-b7eb
Vulnerability ID VCID-3dea-vjmc-b7eb
Aliases CVE-2016-5297
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5297.json
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01818 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5297
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5297
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-72
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5297.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303678
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5290
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5291
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5296
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5297
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9064
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9066
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9074
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9079
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
1395058 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395058
ASA-201611-16 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-16
AVG-72 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-72
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-5297 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5297
GLSA-201701-15 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
mfsa2016-89 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
mfsa2016-90 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
mfsa2016-93 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93
RHSA-2016:2780 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2780
USN-3124-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3124-1/
USN-3141-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3141-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5297.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5297
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5297
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82795
EPSS Score 0.01818
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:19.844326+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 38.0.0