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7.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 50 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was shared 12/13/2016 by Christian Holler (Nils) as MFSA 2016-94 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-9898 since 12/07/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/08/2022).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 900006 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236208 (Red Hat Update Firefox Security (RHSA-2016:2946)).
Upgrading to version 50.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (900006). The entries 94489, 94490, 94491 and 94492 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 900006
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2016:2946 centos7
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Upgrade: Firefox 50.1
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2016-94
Researcher: Christian Holler (Nils)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9898 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037461
SecurityFocus: 94885 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA2016-94 and MFSA2016-95 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 12/15/2016 10:45Updated: 10/08/2022 16:34
Changes: 12/15/2016 10:45 (73), 07/07/2019 21:30 (7), 10/08/2022 16:34 (3)
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