CVE-2016-2817
published 2016-04-30CVE-2016-2817: The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance…
PriorityP424medium5.4CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCLILAN
EPSS
1.25%
65.9th percentile
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.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 46.0-1 (sid) | firefox 46.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 46.0-1 (sid) | firefox 46.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | <= 45.0.2 | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 | 46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | 46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.4MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.4MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Firefox regression
vendor_ubuntu·2016-05-19·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Firefox regression
Title: Firefox regression
Summary: USN-2936-1 introduced a regression in Firefox.
USN-2936-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused an issue
where a device update POST request was sent every time about:preferences#sync
was shown. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, Phil Ringalda, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman,
Mats Palmgren, Carsten Book, Boris Zbarsky, David Bolter, Randell Jesup,
Andrew McCreight, and Steve Fink discovered multiple memory safety issues
in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invok
Ubuntu
Oxygen-GTK3 update
vendor_ubuntu·2016-05-02·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Oxygen-GTK3 update
Title: Oxygen-GTK3 update
Summary: USN-2936-1 caused Firefox to crash on startup with the Oxygen GTK theme
USN-2936-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused Firefox to
crash on startup with the Oxygen GTK theme due to a pre-existing bug in
the Oxygen-GTK3 theme engine. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, Phil Ringalda, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman,
Mats Palmgren, Carsten Book, Boris Zbarsky, David Bolter, Randell Jesup,
Andrew McCreight, and Steve Fink discovered multiple memory safety issues
in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary co
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-04-27·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2016-2804 [HIGH] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, Phil Ringalda, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman,
Mats Palmgren, Carsten Book, Boris Zbarsky, David Bolter, Randell Jesup,
Andrew McCreight, and Steve Fink discovered multiple memory safety issues
in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-2804, CVE-2016-2806,
CVE-2016-2807)
An invalid write was discovered when using the JavaScript .watch() method in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
Red Hat
Mozilla: Elevation of privilege with chrome.tabs.update API in web extensions (MFSA 2016-46)
vendor_redhat·2016-04-26·CVSS 5.4
CVE-2016-2817 [MEDIUM] Mozilla: Elevation of privilege with chrome.tabs.update API in web extensions (MFSA 2016-46)
Mozilla: Elevation of privilege with chrome.tabs.update API in web extensions (MFSA 2016-46)
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.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2016-2817: firefox - The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 5.4
CVE-2016-2817 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2817: firefox - The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in...
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.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 46.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-px89-65ch-24x4: The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2016-2817 [MEDIUM] GHSA-px89-65ch-24x4: The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs
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.
OSV
firefox regression
osv·2016-05-19·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] firefox regression
firefox regression
USN-2936-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused an issue
where a device update POST request was sent every time about:preferences#sync
was shown. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, Phil Ringalda, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman,
Mats Palmgren, Carsten Book, Boris Zbarsky, David Bolter, Randell Jesup,
Andrew McCreight, and Steve Fink discovered multiple memory safety issues
in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-2804, CVE-2016-2806,
CVE-2016-2807)
An i
OSV
CVE-2016-2817: The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs
osv·2016-04-27·CVSS 5.4
CVE-2016-2817 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2817: The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs
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.
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2016-04-27·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, Phil Ringalda, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman,
Mats Palmgren, Carsten Book, Boris Zbarsky, David Bolter, Randell Jesup,
Andrew McCreight, and Steve Fink discovered multiple memory safety issues
in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-2804, CVE-2016-2806,
CVE-2016-2807)
An invalid write was discovered when using the JavaScript .watch() method in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash,
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.htmlhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.htmlhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
2016-04-30
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