PT-2016-7871 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Echo · Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-9899

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 50.1 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.6 Thunderbird versions prior to 45.6

Description The issue arises from a use-after-free error when handling DOM events and removing audio elements, specifically due to incorrect node adoption. This can lead to potential exploitation.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 50.1, update to version 50.1 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.6, update to version 45.6 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 45.6, update to version 45.6 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2446

ALT-PU-2017-1553

ALT-PU-2017-1577

ALT-PU-2018-1854

CESA-2016_2946

CESA-2016_2973

CVE-2016-9899

DLA-743-1

DLA-782-1

DSA-3734-1

DSA-3757-1

MGASA-2016-0420

MGASA-2017-0006

MGASA-2017-0323

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:3307-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:3308-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3184-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3310-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:2946

RHSA-2016:2973

RHSA-2016_2946

RHSA-2016_2973

SUSE-SU-2016:3210-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3222-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3223-1

USN-3155-1

USN-3165-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2224

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41042 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0006 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9893 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9894 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3155-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/45.6.0/releasenotes · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2946.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3734-1 · Vendor Advisory