Debian: CVE-2016-9893: firefox-esr, icedove -- security update
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
12/13/2016
07/25/2018
12/15/2016
03/02/2020
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- debian-upgrade-firefox-esr
- debian-upgrade-icedove
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