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CVE-2016-5289 Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Affected products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Firefox 50	earliest → < 50	50

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org bugzilla.mozilla.org
94337 www.securityfocus.com
1037298 www.securitytracker.com
www.mozilla.org www.mozilla.org

Timeline

Published June 11, 2018
Last modified August 6, 2024

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CVE-2016-5289 Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49

Description

Affected products and versions

References

Timeline

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