CVE-2016-9895

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Event handlers on “marquee” elements were executed despite a strict Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3155-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 13 December 2016
    • USN-3165-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 28 January 2017

Other references