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MFSA2016-89 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 50 (CVE-2016-9072)

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MFSA2016-89 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 50 (CVE-2016-9072)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/11/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
08/02/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-50_0

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