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MFSA2016-92 Thunderbird: Firefox SVG Animation Remote Code Execution (CVE-2016-9079)

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MFSA2016-92 Thunderbird: Firefox SVG Animation Remote Code Execution (CVE-2016-9079)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/30/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-45_5_1

References

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