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, Firefox ESR < 45.5.1, and Thunderbird < 45.5.1.
References
Link Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2025-11-04 14:34


NVD link : CVE-2016-9079

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9079

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9079


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux
  • enterprise_linux_server_eus
  • enterprise_linux_desktop

microsoft

  • windows

mozilla

  • firefox
  • thunderbird

torproject

  • tor
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free