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CVE-2016-9079

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CVE-2016-9079

Published: Jun 11, 2018

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 50.0.2

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

affected
unspecified - < 45.5.1

Mozilla

Thunderbird

affected
unspecified - < 45.5.1

References

DSA-3730
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
RHSA-2016:2843
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
GLSA-201701-35
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
1037370
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
42327
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
RHSA-2016:2850
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
94591
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
GLSA-201701-15
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
41151
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

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