High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9073
CVE-2016-9073
Description
WebExtensions can bypass security checks to load privileged URLs and potentially escape the WebExtension sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
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Affected products
24<50+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <50
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords22 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 21 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/nvdVendor Advisory
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