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FKIE_CVE-2016-9078

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-11 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	mozilla	firefox	49.0
	mozilla	firefox	50.0

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CVE-2016-9078 (GCVE-0-2016-9078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

data: URL can inherit wrong origin after an HTTP redirect

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 50.0.1 (custom)

Date Public

2016-11-28 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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