CVE-2016-9079

critical KEV
Published 2023-06-22 · Modified 2023-06-22
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird contain a use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation, targeting Firefox and Tor browser users on Windows.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird
Due date
2023-07-13

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9079

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9079.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-2

Exploits

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed45.5.1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debiansidfixed50.0.2-1
debian debianbookwormfixed45.5.1esr-1
debian debianbullseyefixed45.5.1esr-1
debian debianforkyfixed45.5.1esr-1
debian debiantrixiefixed45.5.1esr-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.