PT-2016-7640 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Will Bamberg · Published 2016-11-15 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-9073

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 50

Description The issue allows WebExtensions to bypass security checks, potentially enabling them to load privileged URLs and escape the WebExtension sandbox.

Recommendations For versions prior to 50, update to version 50 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2307

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2016-9073

MGASA-2017-0323

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2861-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3011-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1

USN-3124-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2120

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9064 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9073 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3124-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5292 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9069 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9075 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5297 · Vendor Advisory