CVE-2019-9796 — Mozilla: Use-after-free with SMIL animation controller

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CRITICAL

Mozilla: Use-after-free with SMIL animation controller

Published Apr 26, 2019

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.06%

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

Vendor Mozilla Product Firefox Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <66
Vendor Mozilla Product Firefox ESR Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <60.6
Vendor Mozilla Product Thunderbird Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <60.6

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<66

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<60.6

Mozilla

Thunderbird

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<60.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

firefox-0:60.6.0-3.el6_10

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0623
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

thunderbird-0:60.6.1-1.el6_10

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0680
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

firefox-0:60.6.0-3.el7_6

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0622
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

thunderbird-0:60.6.1-1.el7_6

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0681
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

firefox-0:60.6.1-1.el8

Fixed · RHSA-2019:0966
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

thunderbird-0:60.6.1-1.el8

Fixed · RHSA-2019:1144

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	firefox-0:60.6.0-3.el6_10	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0623
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	thunderbird-0:60.6.1-1.el6_10	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0680
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	firefox-0:60.6.0-3.el7_6	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0622
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	thunderbird-0:60.6.1-1.el7_6	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0681
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	firefox-0:60.6.1-1.el8	Fixed	RHSA-2019:0966
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	thunderbird-0:60.6.1-1.el8	Fixed	RHSA-2019:1144

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.06% 0.02060

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02060

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Table of values (15 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.06% (0.02060)	80.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.04% (0.02043)	78.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.76% (0.00756)	70.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.46% (0.02461)	75.37th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	0.87% (0.00870)	82.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 19, 2024	0.87% (0.00870)	82.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.80% (0.00803)	79.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.74% (0.00743)	77.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.11% (0.01108)	55.18th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.11% (0.01108)	51.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	12.30% (0.12300)	89.42th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	6.21% (0.06208)	81.93th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	6.21% (0.06208)	81.75th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	1.45% (0.01454)	72.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	1.45% (0.01454)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (11)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9796
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1690681
Issue Tracking
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9796
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9796
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/#CVE-2019-9796
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9796		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531277		x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1690681		Issue Tracking
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9796
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9796
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/#CVE-2019-9796
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory