High severity · published Jun 11, 2018
CVE-2016-9079
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability
In wildKEV
7.5
CVSS
87.4%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)87.4% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Jun 22, 2023
Federal remediation dueJul 13, 2023
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 50.0.2 · source: vendor, NVD
FE
Firefox ESR · Mozilla
before 45.5.1 · source: vendor
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 45.5.1 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4; 7.5 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
TO
Tor · Torproject
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FF
Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird · Mozilla
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9079
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
vendor-advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html
vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370
exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/
vendor-advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html
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