{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
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              {
                "last_affected": "47.0.1"
              }
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          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "Use-after-free vulnerability in the js::PreliminaryObjectArray::sweep function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript that is mishandled during incremental garbage collection.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-5255",
  "modified": "2026-03-14T13:47:45.352331728Z",
  "published": "2016-08-05T01:59:13.157Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-71.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212356"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}