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CVE-2016-9066

Published: 16 November 2016

A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due to memory allocation issues when handling large amounts of incoming data. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (50.0)
precise
Released (50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2)
xenial
Released (50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
yakkety
Released (50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2)
trusty
Released (50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (45.5.0)
precise
Released (1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
xenial
Released (1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
yakkety
Released (1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
trusty
Released (1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H