Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-2827

Description

The mozilla::net::IsValidReferrerPolicy function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a Content Security Policy (CSP) referrer directive with zero values.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvd
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/nvd

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