Is CVE-2016-5266 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5266 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5266?

CVE-2016-5266 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5266?

CVE-2016-5266 has an EPSS score of 1.66% (74th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5266?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 48.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5266

HIGHEPSS 74th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web site.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:48.0-1CVE-2016-5266

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3044-1

Fixed in:48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3044-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

mozilla.org

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.mozilla.org

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.