FKIE_CVE-2016-9904

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-11 21:29 - Updated: 2025-11-25 17:50
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
An attacker could use a JavaScript Map/Set timing attack to determine whether an atom is used by another compartment/zone in specific contexts. This could be used to leak information, such as usernames embedded in JavaScript code, across websites. 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://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=1317936Issue Tracking, Patch
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.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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317936Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox *
mozilla thunderbird *
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