CVE-2016-2817

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firefox (PTS)	sid	155.0-1	fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)	bookworm	140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	140.15.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	140.12.0esr-1~deb13u1	fixed
	trixie (security)	140.15.0esr-1~deb13u1	fixed
	forky	140.14.0esr-2	fixed
	sid	140.15.0esr-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
firefox	source	(unstable)	46.0-1
firefox-esr	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
iceweasel	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- iceweasel <not-affected> (Only Firefox 46)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only Firefox 46)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-46/