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.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9899 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3140-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:10.435Z

Reserved: 2016-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9078

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:01.747

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:00:33.517

Link: CVE-2016-9078

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