CVE-2016-9066
A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due to memory allocation issues when handling large amounts of incoming data. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR
02 Description
A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due to memory allocation issues when handling large amounts of incoming data. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-06-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 088c2f2ba694dea268657c8c1dc3975c2c06f9851d7958d6b2fbc1b5b801cca8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3730https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- www.securitytracker.com1037298http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- www.securityfocus.com94336http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2780http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Fixed in 50.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.5.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.5.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.5.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.