| Name | CVE-2016-5293 |
| Description | When the Mozilla Updater is run, if the Updater's log file in the working directory points to a hardlink, data can be appended to an arbitrary local file. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, 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 | 120.0-2 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | buster | 91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 115.5.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 102.15.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 115.5.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 102.15.1esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 115.5.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 115.5.0esr-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 Firefox on Windows)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox ESR on Windows)