| Name | CVE-2016-5253 |
| Description | The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 113.0.2-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | buster | 91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 102.11.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 102.10.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 102.11.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid | 102.11.0esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- firefox <not-affected> (Only affects Windows)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only affects Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-69/