CVE-2016-2817
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 30, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 1, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1211vendor-advisory
- 1035692vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1251vendor-advisory
- USN-2936-2vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201701-15vendor-advisory
- USN-2936-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462
- USN-2936-3vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html
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