CVE-2016-5291
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5291
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5291.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5291
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-06-11T21:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A 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.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/