CVE-2016-9899 Use after free in Firefox

What is CVE-2016-9899?

CVE-2016-9899 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9899?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9899?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2016-9899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9899, GHSA-q3mj-v3xc-w732, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9899.