CVE-2016-9077

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.5

Description

Canvas allows the use of the "feDisplacementMap" filter on images loaded cross-origin. The rendering by the filter is variable depending on the input pixel, allowing for timing attacks when the images are loaded from third party locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2016-9077 NameCVE-2016-9077 DescriptionCanvas allows the use of the "feDisplacementMap" filter on images loaded cross-origin. The rendering by the filter is variable depending on the input pixel, allowing for timing attacks when the images are loaded from third party locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red…

CVE-2016-9077

Name	CVE-2016-9077
Description	Canvas allows the use of the "feDisplacementMap" filter on images loaded cross-origin. The rendering by the filter is variable depending on the input pixel, allowing for timing attacks when the images are loaded from third party locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firefox (PTS)	sid	151.0.3-1	fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)	bullseye	115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	140.10.2esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	140.10.2esr-1~deb13u1	fixed
	trixie (security)	140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	140.11.0esr-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
firefox	source	(unstable)	50.0-1
firefox-esr	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Does not affect Firefox 45 ESR release)

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Notes

- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Does not affect Firefox 45 ESR release)

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`50.0-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0`
sid	Fixed	`50.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`0`
bullseye	Fixed	`0`
bookworm	Fixed	`0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.