CVE-2016-9063

NameCVE-2016-9063
DescriptionAn integer overflow during the parsing of XML using the Expat library. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
expat (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.1.0-6+deb8u11fixed
stretch (security)2.2.0-2+deb9u5fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.2.0-2+deb9u8fixed
buster2.2.6-2+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2.2.6-2+deb10u7fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.2.10-2+deb11u5fixed
bookworm2.5.0-1fixed
sid, trixie2.6.2-1fixed
firefox (PTS)sid125.0.2-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1fixed
buster91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)115.10.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye115.7.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)115.10.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm115.7.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)115.10.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie115.8.0esr-1fixed
sid115.10.0esr-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
expatsourcejessie2.1.0-6+deb8u4
expatsource(unstable)2.2.0-2
firefoxsource(unstable)50.0-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Does not affect Firefox 45 ESR release)
[wheezy] - expat <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Expat upstream fix: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/d4f735b88d9932bd5039df2335eefdd0723dbe20

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