June 22, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2016-9079 — Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-06-22- Federal due date
2023-07-13- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird
- EPSS
- 99.7th percentile (score 0.874, as of
2026-09-16) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9079
CISA short 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
Apply updates per vendor instructions.