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Vulnerability details: VCID-zxmj-tzr9-c3cy
Vulnerability ID VCID-zxmj-tzr9-c3cy
Aliases CVE-2016-9074
Summary An existing mitigation of timing side-channel attacks is insufficient in some circumstances. This issue is addressed in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.26.1.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-385 Covert Timing Channel
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-9074.json
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
cvssv2 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9074
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9074
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-9074.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9074
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293334
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5290
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5291
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5296
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5297
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9064
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9066
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9074
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9079
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94341
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
1396548 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396548
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-9074 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9074
mfsa2016-89 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
mfsa2016-90 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
mfsa2016-93 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93
USN-3163-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3163-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-9074.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9074
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9074
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.78845
EPSS Score 0.01294
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:09:13.070946+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2016/mfsa2016-93.yml 37.0.0