Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-5386  

WebExtension scripts in Firefox < 51 can use the data: protocol to affect pages loaded by other web extensions using this protocol, leading to potential data disclosure or privilege escalation in affected extensions.

Severity Medium

Remote Yes

Type Privilege escalation

Description

WebExtension scripts in Firefox < 51 can use the data: protocol to affect pages loaded by other web extensions using this protocol, leading to potential data disclosure or privilege escalation in affected extensions.

AVG-157 firefox 50.1.0-1 51.0.1-1 Critical Fixed

29 Jan 2017 ASA-201701-39 AVG-157 firefox Critical multiple issues

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/#CVE-2017-5386
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1319070