CVE-2016-9896 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 50.1, specifically when manipulating the "navigator" object within the WebVR component (which is not enabled by default). This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), indicating that it can be exploited remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though with high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 50.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 50.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.