CVE-2007-1116
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (67th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1113)
- Published
- February 26, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1113 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://osvdb.org/33804
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux/(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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