CVE-2016-9066

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 19
Modified
Published: 11 Jun 2018, 21:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 02:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
20.61% HIGH
21% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Jun 2018, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 02:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 20.61%• Percentile: 96%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • mozilla•firefox

    < 45.5.0 | < 50.0 | ≥ unspecified, < 50

  • mozilla•firefox_esr

    ≥ unspecified, < 45.5

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    < 45.5.0 | ≥ unspecified, < 45.5

References (9)