CVE-2016-9899
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:07
Severity ?
Summary
Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaThunderbird
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