CVE-2016-9079

Published: Jun 11, 2018Modified: Nov 4, 2025CISA KEV

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (22)

Products: Debian: Debian Linux · Redhat: Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux Desktop, Enterprise Linux Server, Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Enterprise Linux Server Eus, Enterprise Linux Workstation · Mozilla: Thunderbird, Firefox · +1 more

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Debian: Debian Linux · Redhat: Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux Desktop, Enterprise Linux Server, Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Enterprise Linux Server Eus, Enterprise Linux Workstation · Mozilla: Thunderbird, Firefox · Torproject: Tor

1 product

6 products

Enterprise Linux

Enterprise Linux Desktop

Enterprise Linux Server

Enterprise Linux Server Aus

Enterprise Linux Server Eus

Enterprise Linux Workstation

2 products

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Configuration B

17 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop	Version 5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop	Version 6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server	Version 5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server	Version 6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus	Version 7.3
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus	Version 7.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus	Version 7.3
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus	Version 7.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus	Version 7.5
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation	Version 5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation	Version 6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation	Version 7.0

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Thunderbird	Before 45.5.1

Configuration D

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 50.0.2

Configuration E

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 45.5.1

Configuration F

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Torproject Tor	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (23)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066

Source: security@mozilla.org

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/

Source: security@mozilla.org

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/

Source: security@mozilla.org

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

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