CVE-2016-5291

NameCVE-2016-5291
DescriptionA same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-730-1, DLA-752-1, DSA-3716-1, DSA-3730-1

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)50.0-1
firefox-esrsourcewheezy45.5.1esr-1~deb7u1DLA-730-1
firefox-esrsourcejessie45.5.0esr-1~deb8u1DSA-3716-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)45.5.0esr-1
icedovesourcewheezy1:45.5.1-1~deb7u1DLA-752-1
icedovesourcejessie1:45.5.1-1~deb8u1DSA-3730-1
icedovesource(unstable)1:45.5.0-1

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