Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2016-9899Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416Use After Free11 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
36.4%
top 2.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified50.1
NVDmozilla/firefox52.052.1.0+2
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified45.6
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified45.6

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Enterprise Linux 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-q3mj-v3xc-w732: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption2018-06-11
OSV
CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption2018-06-11
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2016-12-13

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Mozilla Firefox < 50.1.0 - Use-After-Free2017-01-13

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2017-01-28
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements (MFSA 2016-94, MFSA 2016-95)2016-12-14
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2016-12-13
Debian
CVE-2016-9899: firefox - Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to ...2016

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9899 Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements (MFSA 2016-94, MFSA 2016-95)2016-12-13
CVE-2016-9899 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase