CVE-2016-9072 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

CWE-2543 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxDebian Firefox-esr
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

When a new Firefox profile is created on 64-bit Windows installations, the sandbox for 64-bit NPAPI plugins is not enabled by default. Note: This issue only affects 64-bit Windows. 32-bit Windows and other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 50
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 50.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-fx9q-pwrj-mfh7: When a new Firefox profile is created on 64-bit Windows installations, the sandbox for 64-bit NPAPI plugins is not enabled by default↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-9072: firefox - When a new Firefox profile is created on 64-bit Windows installations, the sandb...↗2016
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