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CVE-2019-9796

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the SMIL animation controller incorrectly registers with the refresh driver twice when only a single registration is expected. When a registration is later freed with the removal of the animation controller element, the refresh driver incorrectly leaves a dangling pointer to the driver's observer array. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 60.6.0; before 66.0 — fixed in 60.6.0, 66.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 60.6.0 — fixed in 60.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 60.6.0, 66.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 60.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/

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