CVE-2016-9079

HIGHCISA KEV

7.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published6/11/2018

Last Modified11/4/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMozilla

ProductFirefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird

Vulnerability NameMozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2023-06-22

Remediation Due Date2023-07-13

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxmicrosoft:windowsmozilla:firefoxmozilla:thunderbirdredhat:enterprise_linuxredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat:enterprise_linux_server_eusredhat:enterprise_linux_workstationtorproject:tor

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416CWE-416

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html(security@mozilla.org)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066(security@mozilla.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15(security@mozilla.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/(security@mozilla.org)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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