High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-1949
CVE-2016-1949
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-13.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00102.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00142.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035007nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2893-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06nvd
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