CVE - CVE-2016-2817

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-2817	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-15 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1211 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1251 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html UBUNTU:USN-2936-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 UBUNTU:USN-2936-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 UBUNTU:USN-2936-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 SECTRACK:1035692 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20160301	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160301)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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