CVE-2016-5280 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5280?

CVE-2016-5280 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 22 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap 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 bidirectional text.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5280?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5280?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2016-5280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5280, GHSA-qcqq-5qh9-xq8v, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5280.