CVE-2016-9072 Security feature bypass in Firefox

What is CVE-2016-9072?

CVE-2016-9072 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 11 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

When a new Firefox profile is created on 64-bit Windows installations, the sandbox for 64-bit NPAPI plugins is not enabled by default. Note: This issue only affects 64-bit Windows. 32-bit Windows and other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9072?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9072?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-9072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fx9q-pwrj-mfh7.