CVE-2016-9893
Published: 13 December 2016
Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(released 50.1.0)
|
precise |
Released
(50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
|
precise |
Released
(1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |