ALT-PU-2016-2511-1 — thunderbird

CVE-2016-9893

CRITICAL9.8

Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Published: 2018-06-11Modified: 2025-11-25

CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS 3.xCRITICAL 9.8

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

CVE-2016-9895

MEDIUM6.1

Event handlers on "marquee" elements were executed despite a strict Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Published: 2018-06-11Modified: 2025-11-25

CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 6.1

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

CVE-2016-9897

HIGH7.5

Memory corruption resulting in a potentially exploitable crash during WebGL functions using a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Published: 2018-06-11Modified: 2024-11-21

CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

CVE-2016-9898

CRITICAL9.8

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.

Published: 2018-06-11Modified: 2025-11-25

CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS 3.xCRITICAL 9.8

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

CVE-2016-9900

HIGH7.5

External resources that should be blocked when loaded by SVG images can bypass security restrictions through the use of "data:" URLs. This could allow for cross-domain data leakage. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Published: 2018-06-11Modified: 2025-11-25

CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

CVE-2016-9904

HIGH7.5

An attacker could use a JavaScript Map/Set timing attack to determine whether an atom is used by another compartment/zone in specific contexts. This could be used to leak information, such as usernames embedded in JavaScript code, across websites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Published: 2018-06-11Modified: 2025-11-25

CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

CVE-2016-9905

HIGH8.8

A potentially exploitable crash in "EnumerateSubDocuments" while adding or removing sub-documents. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Published: 2018-06-11Modified: 2025-11-25

CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8

CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS 3.xHIGH 8.8

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Package update thunderbird in branch sisyphus

Closed issues (7)

Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Event handlers on "marquee" elements were executed despite a strict Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Memory corruption resulting in a potentially exploitable crash during WebGL functions using a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

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.

External resources that should be blocked when loaded by SVG images can bypass security restrictions through the use of "data:" URLs. This could allow for cross-domain data leakage. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

A potentially exploitable crash in "EnumerateSubDocuments" while adding or removing sub-documents. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Thunderbird < 45.6.