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CVE-2016-9898 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.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.4%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/firefox-esr(Debian:12) < 45.6.0esr-1 45.6.0esr-1
debian/firefox-esr(Debian:13) < 45.6.0esr-1 45.6.0esr-1
debian/firefox-esr(Debian:14) < 45.6.0esr-1 45.6.0esr-1
debian linux = 9.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 5.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux desktop = 5.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux desktop = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux desktop = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server = 5.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server aus = 7.3 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server aus = 7.4 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server eus = 7.3 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server eus = 7.4 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server eus = 7.5 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux workstation = 5.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux workstation = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux workstation = 7.0 No fix listed
mozilla Thunderbird < 45.6.0 45.6.0
mozilla Firefox < 50.1.0 50.1.0
mozilla Firefox < 45.6.0 45.6.0
alpine/firefox-esr(Alpine:v3.4) < 45.6.0 45.6.0
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla Firefox < 50.1 50.1
mozilla firefox esr < 45.6 45.6
mozilla Thunderbird < 45.6 45.6

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