CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9078
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-601
Description
Redirection from an HTTP connection to a "data:" URL assigns the referring site's origin to the "data:" URL in some circumstances. This can result in same-origin violations against a domain if it loads resources from malicious sites. Cross-origin setting of cookies has been demonstrated without the ability to read them. Note: This issue only affects Firefox 49 and 50. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.0.1.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox 49.0
• mozilla firefox 50.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/ Vendor Advisory