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CVE-2009-3012

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

Mozilla 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.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
EPSS score
0.8% (58th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-2996)
Published
August 31, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2996 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox
  • mozilla / firefox

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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