Content Security Policy combined with HTTP to HTTPS redirection can be used by malicious…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Content Security Policy combined with HTTP to HTTPS redirection can be used by malicious server to verify whether a known site is within a user's browser history. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 50
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox 50
20 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 17 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2016-07417 Integer overflow in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 57
- TI-2016-07429 Access control flaw in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2016-04585 Memory corruption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 46
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9071
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p26w-gphp-32x2
References
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-9071 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-9071 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p26w-gphp-32x2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-9071 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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