CVE-2016-5272

Publication date 22 September 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The nsImageGeometryMixin class in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of INPUT elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
thunderbird	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
firefox	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 49.0+build4-0ubuntu2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3076-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
22 September 2016

USN-3112-1
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
27 October 2016