CVE-2016-9066

HIGH 7.5CVE-2016-9066 · Published 11/06/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`< 45.5.0< 50.0`	`45.5.050.0`
thunderbird mozilla	`< 45.5.0`	`45.5.0`

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.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/94336 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1037298 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 · Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89 · Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90 · Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93 · Vendor Advisory

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