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CVE-2016-9074

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9074 describes an insufficient timing side-channel attack mitigation in Network Security Services (NSS) versions prior to 3.26.1, affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high confidentiality impact, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, with only one mention and one media article.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 45.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 50.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 45.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nss
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: nss
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: nss

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9074Moderate

nss: Insufficient timing side-channel resistance in divSpoiler

Nov 15, 2016

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-15
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-46
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3730
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2016-93
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94341
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037298
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry