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CVE-2016-9897

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Mozilla Firefox: before 50.1 — fixed in 50.1
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 45.6 — fixed in 45.6
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 45.6.0 — fixed in 45.6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 50.1; Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.6; Mozilla Thunderbird 45.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1301381
• 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/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461

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