Netskope Threat Labs

CVE-2016-9079

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This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2016-9079, which has a HIGH severity rating. Firefox and Tor Browser on Windows contain a use after free vulnerability in SVG Animation that cyberattackers exploited in the wild. The flaw affects Firefox before 50.0.2, Firefox ESR before 45.5.1, and Thunderbird before 45.5.1.

First seen
March 2022
Last seen
September 2026
Alert Name
Document-HTML.Exploit.CVE-2016-9079
Exploit.CVE-2016-9079.A
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.0038B6CE
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.0197B2DD
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.029086A7
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.02B46161
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.03308DB8
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.0445E95F
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.0472D316
GT:JS.CVE-2016-9079.9.05AB78A7