CVE-2016-9070

Publication date 17 November 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A maliciously crafted page loaded to the sidebar through a bookmark can reference a privileged chrome window and engage in limited JavaScript operations violating cross-origin protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
thunderbird	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.0 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3124-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
19 November 2016