6.5

CVE-2016-9067: mozilla firefox Use After Free

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9067
Published 11-06-2018Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9067 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.84%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Two use-after-free errors during DOM operations resulting in potentially exploitable crashes. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.04 pp

From 1.88% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 50 | < 50.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | < 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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