CVE-2016-9079 (GCVE-0-2016-9079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:46
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Use-after-free in SVG Animation
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 50.0.2
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 45.5.1
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   Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 45.5.1
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-06-22

Due date: 2023-07-13

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/#CVE-2016-9079; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079

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