CVE-2016-9899

CRITICAL

Debian Linux < 52.1.0 - Use After Free

Title source: rule

Description

Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Marcin Ressel · htmldoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042

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References (11)

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/

[Vendor 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/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.3642

EPSS Percentile 97.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (20)

debian/debian_linux 9.0

mozilla/firefox 52.0 - 52.1.0

mozilla/thunderbird < 52.1.0

redhat/enterprise_linux 5.0

redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0

redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0

redhat/enterprise_linux_server 5.0

... and 10 more

Published Jun 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026