CVE-2016-9079
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Jun 11, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 27, 2016
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation has been discovered. An exploit built on this vulnerability has been discovered in the wild targeting Firefox and Tor Browser users on Windows. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.0.2, Firefox ESR < 45.5.1, and Thunderbird < 45.5.1.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FirefoxMozilla |
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Firefox ESRMozilla |
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ThunderbirdMozilla |
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References
- DSA-3730vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2843vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201701-35vendor-advisory
- 1037370vdb-entry
- 42327exploit
- RHSA-2016:2850vendor-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/
- 94591vdb-entry
- GLSA-201701-15vendor-advisory
- 41151exploit
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079government-resource
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