Description
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0.2 does not properly restrict the interaction between Service Workers and plugins, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site that triggers spoofed responses to requests that use NPAPI, as demonstrated by a request for a crossdomain.xml file.
Published: 2016-02-13
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3038 Mozilla Firefox before 44.0.2 does not properly restrict the interaction between Service Workers and plugins, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site that triggers spoofed responses to requests that use NPAPI, as demonstrated by a request for a crossdomain.xml file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2893-1 Firefox vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:40.408Z

Reserved: 2016-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1949

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-13T02:59:12.977

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1949

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2016-02-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1949 - Bugzilla

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