CVE-2016-9069: mozilla firefox Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-9069 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 18-10-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A use-after-free in nsINode::ReplaceOrInsertBefore during DOM operations resulting in potentially exploitable crashes. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.25% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, 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
8 links- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308922X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory