CVE-2016-9079

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    CVE-2016-9079

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High