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CVE-2016-9074 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293334	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94341	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293334	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94341	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	< 45.5.0 < 50.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 45.5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2025	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 9, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

CVE-2016-9074 Details

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