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FreeBSD: VID-d1853110-07f4-4645-895b-6fd462ad0589 (CVE-2016-5294): mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 16, 2016
Added
Nov 16, 2016
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory for output files resulting from the update process. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird less than 45.5, Firefox ESR less than 45.5, and Firefox less than 50.

Solutions

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