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High
CVE-2016-9066
A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Thunderbird, Firefox ESR, Firefox
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 11th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.