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Case File

CVE-2016-5289

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.02% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-06-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit

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CVE
CVE-2016-5289
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.02%
Firefox

Original Filing — NVD Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.