CVE-2016-2817
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Summary
The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html
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