CVE-2016-9066
High · 7.5CVSS
7.5
EPSS
12.0%
Published
Jun 11, 2018
CISA due date
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The record
A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due to memory allocation issues when handling large amounts of incoming data. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | firefox-esr | 0 | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 0 | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 0 | 45.5.0esr-1 |
| Debian:7 | firefox-esr | 0 | 45.5.1esr-1~deb7u1 |
| Debian:7 | icedove | 0 | 1:45.5.1-1~deb7u1 |
| Debian:8 | firefox-esr | 0 | 45.5.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| Debian:8 | icedove | 0 | 1:45.5.1-1~deb8u1 |
| Mageia:5 | firefox | 0 | 45.5.0-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | firefox-l10n | 0 | 45.5.0-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | iceape | 0 | 2.48-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | nspr | 0 | 4.13.1-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | nss | 0 | 3.27.1-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | rootcerts | 0 | 20160922.00-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | thunderbird | 0 | 45.5.1-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:5 | thunderbird-l10n | 0 | 45.5.1-1.mga5 |
| Mageia:6 | iceape | 0 | 2.48-1.mga6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el5_11 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el5_11 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el5_11 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el5_11 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el6_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | firefox | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:45.5.0-1.el7_3 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-63.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-30.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.0esr-88.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-50.1 |
| SUSE:Manager 2.1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Manager 2.1 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 45.5.1esr-59.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | mozilla-nss | 0 | 3.21.3-39.1 |
| SUSE:Package Hub 12 | MozillaThunderbird | 0 | 45.5.1-17.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 0 | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | 0 | 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0 | 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | 0 | 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 50.1.0-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 0 | 45.5.1-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 0 | 128.5.1-1.1 |
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