CVE-2016-5278

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 22, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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