9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-9899
Mozilla Firefox DOM Event Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Oct. 21, 2024, 1:55 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-9899 has a 1 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-2016-9899 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 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
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-2016-9899.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/ Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-9899 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9899 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.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 52.0 from (excluding) 52.1.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 52.0 from (excluding) 52.1.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Aug. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    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 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 52.0 up to (excluding) 52.1.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.1.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 53.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 45.9.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9899 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-2016-9899 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

81.71 }} -0.28%

score

0.98455

percentile

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