CVE-2016-9079

Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Mozilla — Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird

Added to KEV catalog: 22 June 2023
Federal remediation due date: 13 July 2023
Weakness classification (CWE): CWE-416

CISA 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

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Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/#CVE-2016-9079; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079

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