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CVE-2016-9063

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

An integer overflow during the parsing of XML using the Expat library. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (3)

Debian — Debian LinuxMozilla — FirefoxPython — Python

CWEs

References

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