PT-2016-7865

CVE-2016-9893

Published

2016-12-13

Updated

2024-12-12

Description by

CVSS 3.1

9.8

Critical

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 50.1 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.6 Thunderbird versions prior to 45.6

Description Memory safety bugs were reported, showing evidence of memory corruption. It is presumed that with enough effort, some of these bugs could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 50.1, update to version 50.1 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.6, update to version 45.6 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 45.6, update to version 45.6 or later.

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