CVE-2016-2817 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-2817 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.40% · 60.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.40%

60.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Apr 27, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2023 EPSS Score
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Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score

References

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

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