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CVE-2016-9074

An existing mitigation of timing side-channel attacks is insufficient in some circumstances.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.4%
percentile 84%
Public exploits
0
none known

An existing mitigation of timing side-channel attacks is insufficient in some circumstances. This issue is addressed in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.26.1. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3730 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1293334 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-46 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94341 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037298 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-15 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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