Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.5.1esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
87.6% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-FIREFOXESR-18168629
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-9079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest firefox-esr to version 45.5.1esr-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1