| Name | CVE-2016-5278 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-636-1, DSA-3674-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 56.0-2 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | wheezy (security) | 52.4.0esr-2~deb7u1 | fixed |
| jessie | 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 | fixed | |
| jessie (security) | 52.4.0esr-1~deb8u1 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 52.4.0esr-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 52.4.0esr-2 | 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) | 49.0-1 | medium | ||
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | 45.4.0esr-1 | medium | ||
| firefox-esr | source | jessie | 45.4.0esr-1~deb8u2 | medium | DSA-3674-1 | |
| firefox-esr | source | wheezy | 45.4.0esr-1~deb7u1 | medium | DLA-636-1 |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-87/