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Vulnerability details: VCID-x664-xzxa-ckbe
Vulnerability ID VCID-x664-xzxa-ckbe
Aliases CVE-2016-5297
Summary An error in argument length checking in JavaScript, leading to potential integer overflows or other bounds checking issues.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5297.json
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5297
epss 0.01914 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.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:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
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 0.8254
EPSS Score 0.01914
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:09:13.010900+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2016/mfsa2016-93.yml 37.0.0