CVE-2016-2817

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2817
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-30 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-01 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1227462 – chrome.tabs.update/create APIs should call checkLoadURI with DISALLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org
Elevation of privilege with chrome.tabs.update API in web extensions — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1211-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1251-1: moderate: Security update to Firefox 46.0 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2936-2: Oxygen-GTK3 update | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2936-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2936-3: Firefox regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Gain Elevated Privileges, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710500 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15)
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