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01 Record

CVE-2016-9074

An existing mitigation of timing side-channel attacks is insufficient in some circumstances. This issue is addressed in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.26.1. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird <

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

An existing mitigation of timing side-channel attacks is insufficient in some circumstances. This issue is addressed in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.26.1. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird <

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
2.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
  • CWE-385Covert Timing ChannelBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d955f2fb83a238c460aae8c14a8378fbf2e264c682334823f66ebe8e91b79ce7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MozillaThunderbird< 45.5—
MozillaFirefox ESR< 45.5—
MozillaFirefox< 50—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • firefox-esr
    Fixed in 45.5.0esr-1
  • nss
    Fixed in 2:3.26.2-1

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
  • nss
    Fixed in 2:3.26.2-1

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
  • nss
    Fixed in 2:3.26.2-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • nss
    Fixed in 2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • nss
    Fixed in 2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

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.