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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-9068

A use-after-free during web animations when working with timelines resulting in a potentially exploitable crash.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.98%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A use-after-free during web animations when working with timelines resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.98% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
mozilla/firefox
Source
security@mozilla.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.98%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.