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.
Source :
[email protected]
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.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9066
vulnerability.
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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.
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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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.
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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]
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.
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