CVE-2019-9796

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= unspecified, < 60.6
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 60.6
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 66

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 26, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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