vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9904): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 13, 2016
Added
Dec 14, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

References

    Title
    Rapid7 Labs

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