CVE-2016-9079

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation has been discovered. An exploit built on this vulnerability has been discovered in the wild targeting Firefox and Tor Browser users on Windows. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.0.2, Firefox ESR < 45.5.1, and Thunderbird < 45.5.1.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9079
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-09T15:12:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 45.5.1
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 50.0.2
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 45.5.1
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9079
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:39:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:39:24 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:39:24 2018-08-09T15:12:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:39:24 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated