Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-9079 is a Mozilla SVG animation use-after-free flaw. Public sources state it was exploited in the wild against Firefox and Tor Browser users on Windows. Organizations should treat any remaining vulnerable Firefox, Firefox ESR, or Thunderbird installations as urgent legacy risk. Current exposure is most likely on unmanaged, legacy, or frozen desktop images still running the affected Mozilla versions, especially Windows endpoints. Linux distribution packages from Debian, Red Hat, and Gentoo also had vendor advisories, so package-managed environments should verify patched builds. Prioritize remediation if any affected versions remain. Although this is an older CVE, confirmed in-the-wild exploitation and KEV listing make it unacceptable on production endpoints or managed user workstations. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Firefox to 50.0.2 or later.; Upgrade Firefox ESR to 45.5.1 or later.; Upgrade Thunderbird to 45.5.1 or later..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- DSA-3730CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- GLSA-201701-35CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- 42327CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201701-15CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- 41151CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079CVE reference · government-resource
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Use After Free
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