VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-9898
Use-after-free resulting in potentially exploitable crash when manipulating DOM subtrees in the Editor.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free resulting in potentially exploitable crash when manipulating DOM subtrees in the Editor. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.51% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314442Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314442Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.