vulnerability

FreeBSD: VID-f90fce70-ecfa-4f4d-9ee8-c476dbf4bf0e (CVE-2016-9078): mozilla -- data: URL can inherit wrong origin after an HTTP redirect

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2016
Added
Nov 29, 2016
Modified
Dec 10, 2025

Description

The Mozilla Foundation reports: 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.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-firefox
Title
NEW

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