CVE-2016-9079
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Use-after-free · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
7.5CVSS HIGH ● exploited
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2023-06-22. US federal agencies must patch by 2023-07-13.
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)85%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Advisory