Critical severity · published Jun 11, 2018
CVE-2016-9898
Use-after-free resulting in potentially exploitable crash when manipulating DOM subtrees in the Editor
9.8
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 50.1.0; before 45.6.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4; 7.5 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 45.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9898
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9898
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
Exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314442
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757
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