Bug 1396545 (CVE-2016-9073)

Summary:	CVE-2016-9073 firefox: windows.create schema doesn't specify "format": "relativeUrl"
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-11-18 15:33:15 UTC

WebExtensions can bypass security checks to load privileged URLs and potentially escape the WebExtension sandbox.

External References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/#CVE-2016-9073

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-11-18 15:33:27 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Will Bamberg

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2016-11-24 05:23:39 UTC

Statement:

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