CVE-2016-9078

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.

CVSS v3.0

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 78th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-9066
• CVE-2016-9079
• CVE-2016-9061
• CVE-2016-9086
• CVE-2016-9054
• CVE-2016-9091