CVE-2009-3012

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3012
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-31 16:30:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox 3.0.13 and earlier, 3.5, 3.6 a1 pre, and 3.7 a1 pre does not properly block data: URIs in Location headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Location header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI or (2) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when specifying the content of a Location header. NOTE: the JavaScript executes outside of the context of the HTTP site.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6 a1_pre All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.7 a1_pre All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cross-Site Scripting attacks via redirectors - Websecurity - Веб безпека af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websecurity.com.ua Exploit
Cross-Site Scripting уразливості в Firefox та Opera - Websecurity - Веб безпека af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websecurity.com.ua Exploit
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