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Vulnerability details: VCID-d9dm-aww1-pfbm
Vulnerability ID VCID-d9dm-aww1-pfbm
Aliases CVE-2016-5253
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 None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
cvssv2 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5253
cvssv3 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5253
generic_textual none https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-69
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5253
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246944
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-69.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-5253 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5253
CVE-2016-5253 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5253
GLSA-201701-15 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
mfsa2016-69 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-69
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5253
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:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5253
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 0.18272
EPSS Score 0.00058
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:18.260790+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 38.0.0