CVE-2016-2817

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:48

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html -
References () http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html - Vendor Advisory () http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html - Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 -
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462 -
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 -

Information

Published : 2016-04-30 17:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:48


NVD link : CVE-2016-2817

Mitre link : CVE-2016-2817

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-2817


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
CWE
CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls