CVE-2016-9898

high-risk
Published 2018-06-11

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Mozilla

References (18)

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
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/
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
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/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate