CVE-2016-9078

Publication date 30 November 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3140-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 30 November 2016

Other references