8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-9078

Published: 11/06/2018 Updated: 01/08/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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mozilla firefox 49.0

mozilla firefox 50.0

Vendor Advisories

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website ...
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2016-91 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 5001 Announced November 28, 2016 Impact critical Products Firefox Fixed in Firefox 5001 ...
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 ...