CVE-2016-9064

Mozilla: Addons update must verify IDs match between current and new versions (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 16, 2016

Updated · November 26, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the way Add-on update process was handled by Firefox. A Man-in-the-Middle attacker could use this flaw to install a malicious signed add-on update.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE not specified