TI-2016-07432 Aliases CVE-2016-9078 GHSA-97gg-j6v9-fvp7

Open redirect in Mozilla Firefox

MEDIUM 42CWE-601Published 2018-06-11 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01822 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Firefox (Mozilla): 50.0.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Mozilla	Firefox	before 50.0.1	50.0.1	Patch available	CNA

Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 50.0.1 Fixed in 50.0.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:49.0:::::::*	49.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:50.0:::::::*	50.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:49.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 49.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:50.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 50.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 50.0.1

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9078
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-97gg-j6v9-fvp7

References

Exploit 1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641

Advisory 1

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/

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Sources

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