CVE-2016-9896

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Use-after-free while manipulating the "navigator" object within WebVR. Note: WebVR is not currently enabled by default. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
thunderbird 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
firefox 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.1 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3155-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 13 December 2016

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