Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox before 50.0.2, Mozilla Firefox ESR before 45.5.1 and Mozilla Thunderbird before 45.5.1. Exploiting this vulnerability can possibly lead to a denial of service and also an execution of arbitrary code. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a SVG Animation.
NB: This vulnerability have no public CVSS rating so rating can be changed by the time.
NB: At this moment Mozilla just reserved CVE numbers for this vulnerabilities. Information can be changed soon.
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Exploitation
Public exploits exist for this vulnerability.
Malware exists for this vulnerability. Usually such malware is classified as Exploit. More details.
Related products
CVE list
- CVE-2016-9079 warning
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