CVE-2016-2817

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.4
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.399

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update for Mozilla Firefox (46.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (46.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox (46.0.1)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (46.0.1)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for Mozilla Firefox For Mac (46.0)Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for Mozilla Firefox For Mac (46.0.1)Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 45.0.2Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-344482Mozilla Firefox (134.0.1)
PATCH-302208Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (46.0)
PATCH-344482Mozilla Firefox (134.0.1)
PATCH-302210Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (46.0.1)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-611870Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234