Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-9073  

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

Severity Medium

Remote Yes

Type Sandbox escape

Description

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

AVG-72 firefox 49.0.2-1 50.0-1 Critical Fixed

16 Nov 2016 ASA-201611-16 AVG-72 firefox Critical multiple issues

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