CVE-2016-9079 — Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CVE-2016-9079: Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | Mozilla |
| Product | Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird |
| Date added | 2023-06-22 |
| Due date | 2023-07-13 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
Description
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird contain a use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation, targeting Firefox and Tor browser users on Windows.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/#CVE-2016-9079; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog