CVE-2016-9898

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: June 11, 2018 Modified: November 25, 2025

Description

Use-after-free resulting in potentially exploitable crash when manipulating DOM subtrees in the Editor. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314442

Source: security@mozilla.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html