CVE-2016-5278

NameCVE-2016-5278
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame 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 a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-636-1, DSA-3674-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid133.0.3-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)bullseye115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie128.5.0esr-1fixed
sid128.5.1esr-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)49.0-1
firefox-esrsourcewheezy45.4.0esr-1~deb7u1DLA-636-1
firefox-esrsourcejessie45.4.0esr-1~deb8u2DSA-3674-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)45.4.0esr-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-87/

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