CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9079
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird contain a use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation, targeting Firefox and Tor browser users on Windows.
- Added to KEV
- 2023-06-22
- Remediation due
- 2023-07-13
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/#CVE-2016-9079; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
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.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• mozilla thunderbird (< 45.5.1)
• mozilla firefox (< 50.0.2)
• mozilla firefox (< 45.5.1)
• torproject tor
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079 US Government Resource