ubuntu · CVE-2016-9079

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Priority: medium Published: 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:13:10 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-9079 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 10 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 10.

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.

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