CVE-2016-9064

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-06-11

Description

Add-on updates failed to verify that the add-on ID inside the signed package matched the ID of the add-on being updated. An attacker who could perform a man-in-the-middle attack on the user's connection to the update server and defeat the certificate pinning protection could provide a malicious signed add-on instead of a valid update. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.

See more information about CVE-2016-9064 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.9	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-2780	2016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-2780	2016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-2780	2016-11-16

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