7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-9066
Thunderbird Firefox Mozilla Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 11, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 30, 2018, 1:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-9066 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9066 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-9066.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ Vendor Advisory

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HTML JavaScript XSLT Python

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
20 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
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Exploit code for CVE-2016-9066

firefox exploitation

JavaScript HTML Python

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
41 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2017, 8:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-9066 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9066 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 50.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 45.5.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 45.5.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.09 }} 0.20%

score

0.84695

percentile

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