CVE-2016-5291
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5291
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5291.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5291
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-06-11T21:29:00.437Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T22:23:22.146844Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
- References
-
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "45.5.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "50.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "45.5.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "8.0"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5291.json"