WebExtensions could use popups and panels in the extension UI to load an "about:" privileged URL, violating security checks that disallow this behavior. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2018-06-12T09:57:01

Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-7816

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:10.657

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2017-7816

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