CVE-2016-9066

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.

• CWE-119

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299686Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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