CVE-2007-1116

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The CheckLoadURI function in Mozilla Firefox 1.8 lists the about: URI as a ChromeProtocol and can be loaded via JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by querying the browser's session history.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 1.8

References

http://osvdb.org/33804
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371375
http://osvdb.org/33804
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371375

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