Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-9897 is an old Mozilla memory-corruption issue tied to WebGL handling in libGLES. Affected applications could crash in a way Mozilla described as potentially exploitable. Business urgency is mainly for environments still running obsolete Firefox, Firefox ESR, or Thunderbird versions. Exposure is most likely on legacy endpoints, gold images, kiosks, lab systems, or packaged Linux builds still running affected Mozilla versions. Modern supported versions should not be assumed affected from these sources. Prioritize cleanup if any affected Mozilla versions remain in production. This is not supported by evidence of active exploitation, but obsolete browser and mail clients create avoidable exposure to memory-corruption bugs. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Firefox to 50.1 or later where present.; Upgrade Firefox ESR to 45.6 or later where present.; Upgrade Thunderbird to 45.6 or later where present..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1301381CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201701-15CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- DSA-3757CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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