High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9078
CVE-2016-9078
Description
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.
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Affected products
4< 50.0.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 50.0.1
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/nvdVendor Advisory
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