PT-2016-7871

CVE-2016-9899

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Published

2016-12-13

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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 The issue arises from a use-after-free error when handling DOM events and removing audio elements, specifically due to incorrect node adoption. This can lead to potential exploitation.
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.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2016-2446
ALT-PU-2017-1553
ALT-PU-2017-1577
ALT-PU-2018-1854
CESA-2016_2946
CESA-2016_2973
DLA-743-1
DLA-782-1
DSA-3734-1
DSA-3757-1
MGASA-2016-0420
MGASA-2017-0006
MGASA-2017-0323
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3184-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016:3307-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016:3308-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3310-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2016:2946
RHSA-2016_2946
RHSA-2016:2973
RHSA-2016_2973
SUSE-SU-2016:3210-1
SUSE-SU-2016:3222-1
SUSE-SU-2016:3223-1
USN-3155-1
USN-3165-1
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