CVE-2016-9066
HighPublished
A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due to memory allocation issues when handling large amounts of incoming data. This...
- Published
- Jun 11, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Evidence observed
- Aug 4, 2026
Primary CVSS
7.5/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H8.9%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 95.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1- foxpwnExploit
Exploit code for CVE-2016-9066
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