CVE-2016-9898

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    CVE-2016-9898

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free resulting in potentially exploitable crash when manipulating DOM subtrees in the Editor. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

    References: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314442

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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