Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).
CVE-2016-9899 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
36.4%
top 2.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
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
Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Enterprise Linux 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
🔴Vulnerability Details
4GHSA▶
GHSA-q3mj-v3xc-w732: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption↗2022-05-14
CVEList▶
CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption↗2018-06-11
OSV▶
CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption↗2018-06-11
💥Exploits & PoCs
1📋Vendor Advisories
4💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2016-9899 Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements (MFSA 2016-94, MFSA 2016-95)↗2016-12-13