TI-2016-07428 Aliases CVE-2016-9074 GHSA-wwm5-654g-jj42

Information disclosure in Mozilla Thunderbird

LOW 31CWE-200Published 2018-06-11 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02361 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Thunderbird (Mozilla): 45.5Firefox ESR (Mozilla): 45.5+1 more productRed Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Mozilla	Thunderbird	before 45.5	45.5	Patch available	CNA
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	before 45.5	45.5	Patch available	CNA
Mozilla	Firefox	before 50	50	Patch available	CNA

Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected before 45.5 Fixed in 45.5 Patch available CNA
Firefox ESR VendorMozilla Affected before 45.5 Fixed in 45.5 Patch available CNA
Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 50 Fixed in 50 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	before 45.5.0; before 50.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::	before 45.5.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*	8.0	Vulnerable	Debian

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 45.5.0; before 50.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 45.5.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 45.5
Fix · CNA Firefox ESR (Mozilla) Fixed in 45.5
Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 50

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Advisory · 2018-06-11
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird — DSA-3730
7 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 3 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2016-07433 Use after free in Mozilla FirefoxPriority CRITICAL 90
- TI-2016-04593 Integer overflow in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 48
- TI-2016-04586 Memory corruption in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 48
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9074
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwm5-654g-jj42

References

Advisory 7

TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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