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CVE-2016-9078
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-11T21:29:01.747 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:55:28.953

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.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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References

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