Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox package, versions <50.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.89% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-422026
- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-9066 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 50.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox
package and not the firefox
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9066
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9066