CVE-2016-9893: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Dec 13 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <45.6 | 45.6 |
| Mozilla Firefox | <50.1 | 50.1 |
| <45.6 | 45.6 | |
| <45.6 | 45.6 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <45.6.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <50.1 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <45.6.0 | |
| debian/firefox | 118.0.2-1 | |
| debian/firefox-esr | 91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 115.3.1esr-1~deb10u1 102.15.0esr-1~deb11u1 115.3.1esr-1~deb11u1 102.15.1esr-1~deb12u1 115.3.0esr-1~deb12u1 115.3.0esr-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1319524%2C1298773%2C1299098%2C1309834%2C1312609%2C1313212%2C1317805%2C1312548%2C1315631%2C1287912
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1319524%2C1298773%2C1299098%2C1309834%2C1312609%2C1313212%2C1317805%2C1312548%2C1315631%2C1287912%2C1328642
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/#CVE-2016-9893
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/#CVE-2016-9893
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9893
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- collector/mozilla-advisory
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/softwarecombine
- source/Mozilla
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- package-manager/debian
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla thunderbird
- canonical/mozilla firefox esr
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/9.0
- vendor/redhat
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux
- version/redhat enterprise linux/5.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux desktop
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/5.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/5.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server aus
- version/redhat enterprise linux server aus/7.3
- version/redhat enterprise linux server aus/7.4
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server eus
- version/redhat enterprise linux server eus/7.3
- version/redhat enterprise linux server eus/7.4
- version/redhat enterprise linux server eus/7.5
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux workstation
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/5.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/7.0