FKIE_CVE-2016-9079

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-11 21:29 - Updated: 2025-11-04 14:34
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 9.0
redhat enterprise_linux 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
mozilla thunderbird *
microsoft windows -
mozilla firefox *
microsoft windows -
mozilla firefox *
microsoft windows -
torproject tor -
microsoft windows -
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