CVE-2016-9079 vulnerability in Debian and Other Products
Published on June 11, 2018
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird contain a use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation, targeting Firefox and Tor browser users on Windows.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by July 13, 2023: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2016-9079 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2016-9079 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2016-9079
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Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox:- Version unspecified and below 50.0.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 45.5.1 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 45.5.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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