CVE-2016-9069 Use after free in Firefox

What is CVE-2016-9069?

CVE-2016-9069 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 18 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A use-after-free in nsINode::ReplaceOrInsertBefore during DOM operations resulting in potentially exploitable crashes. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9069?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9069?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2016-9069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-92vw-cm5r-xg2f, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9069.