UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2817

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2817

    Published: 27 Apr 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2817
    Aliases:
    USN-2936-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2817, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-46/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2936-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2817

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High