PT-2016-7876 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Jann Horn · Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-9904

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

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 allows an attacker to use a JavaScript Map/Set timing attack to determine whether an atom is used by another compartment/zone in specific contexts, potentially leaking information such as usernames embedded in JavaScript code across websites.

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

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2446

ALT-PU-2016-2511

ALT-PU-2017-1138

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CESA-2016_2946

CVE-2016-9904

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_2946

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 · 2222

• 🔥 https://github.com/649/CVE-2017-5415 · 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9904 · Security Note
• 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3734-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317936 · Patch
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0006.html · Security Note