CVE-2016-2817
Published: 27 April 2016
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.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.4
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(46.0)
|
|
| wily |
Released
(46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.10.2)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|