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CVE-2016-9898
CRITICAL
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.
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-416
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (21)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.3 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.3 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.5 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * < 45.6.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | * < 50.1.0 |
…and 1 more
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-x35g-9jv4-ff77
Use-after-free resulting in potentially exploitable crash when manipulating DOM subtrees in the...
References (18)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314442 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 Third Party 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/ Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314442 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 Third Party Advisory
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
3.51%
Top 12% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40.3 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub