CVE-2016-9898

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3155-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 13 December 2016
    • USN-3165-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 28 January 2017

Other references