{"id":"CVE-2019-9796","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-9796","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:17:16.286Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2019-04-26T17:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:44:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@mozilla.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["mozilla/firefox","mozilla/thunderbird"],"epss":{"score":0.0206,"percentile":0.81191,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277","tags":["Issue Tracking","Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277","tags":["Issue Tracking","Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9796","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}