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CVE-2016-9898 (GCVE-0-2016-9898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Use-after-free in Editor while manipulating DOM subtrees
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 50.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 45.6 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 45.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2016-12-13 00:00
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}



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