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CVE-2016-5291

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CVE-2016-5291

Published: Jun 11, 2018

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Thunderbird

affected
unspecified - < 45.5

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

affected
unspecified - < 45.5

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 50

References

DSA-3730
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1037298
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
GLSA-201701-15
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
94336
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2016:2780
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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