{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-3165-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"thunderbird vulnerabilities\n\nMultiple memory safety issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could\npotentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9893, CVE-2017-5373)\n\nAndrew Krasichkov discovered that event handlers on <marquee> elements\nwere executed despite a Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed\ninline JavaScript. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially\nexploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.\n(CVE-2016-9895)\n\nA memory corruption issue was discovered in WebGL in some circumstances.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a\nbrowsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a\ndenial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2016-9897)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered when manipulating DOM subtrees in the\nEditor. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website\nin a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\ncause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2016-9898)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered when manipulating DOM events and audio\nelements. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website\nin a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\ncause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2016-9899)\n\nIt was discovered that external resources that should be blocked when\nloading SVG images can bypass security restrictions using data: URLs. An\nattacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information.\n(CVE-2016-9900)\n\nJann Horn discovered that JavaScript Map/Set were vulnerable to timing\nattacks. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website\nin a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\nobtain sensitive information across domains. (CVE-2016-9904)\n\nA crash was discovered in EnumerateSubDocuments while adding or removing\nsub-documents. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this\nto execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9905)\n\nJIT code allocation can allow a bypass of ASLR protections in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this\nto cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2017-5375)\n\nNicolas Grégoire discovered a use-after-free when manipulating XSL in\nXSLT documents in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening\na specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5376)\n\nJann Horn discovered that an object's address could be discovered through\nhashed codes of JavaScript objects shared between pages. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,\nan attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive\ninformation. (CVE-2017-5378)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered during DOM manipulation of SVG content in\nsome circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially\nexploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5380)\n\nArmin Razmjou discovered that certain unicode glyphs do not trigger\npunycode display. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this\nto spoof the URL bar contents. (CVE-2017-5383)\n\nJerri Rice discovered insecure communication methods in the Dev Tools JSON\nViewer. An attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional\nprivileges. (CVE-2017-5390)\n\nFilipe Gomes discovered a use-after-free in the media decoder in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this\nto cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary\ncode. 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