Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-9079
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, Fi…
EPSS: 0.848 (99.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- DSA-3730 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- RHSA-2016:2843 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- GLSA-201701-35 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- 1037370 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- 42327 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- RHSA-2016:2850 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- 94591 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- GLSA-201701-15 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- 41151 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9079?
- CVE-2016-9079 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Published 2018-06-11.
- Is CVE-2016-9079 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2016-9079 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-06-22), indicating it is being actively exploited. 16 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.