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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
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 :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
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
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 4
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability affects Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird, and can be remediated by updating to the latest versions.
  • Update Mozilla Firefox and/or Thunderbird to the latest available version.
  • Update the affected NSS packages.
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.

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
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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9066 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-9066 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Exploit code for CVE-2016-9066

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

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

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
  • 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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

20.61 }} -2.00%

score

0.95225

percentile