CVE-2016-9070

firefox: Sidebar bookmark can have reference to chrome window

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 15, 2016

Updated · January 14, 2026

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.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

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 · 8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE not specified