CVE-2016-9078 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-9078 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.18% · 78.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.18%

78.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4, 36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Nov 30, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2023 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score
Aug 31, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9078 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/ third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3140-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9078 third-party-advisory

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