CVE-2007-1116

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2007-1116 · Published 26/02/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-1116 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting firefox (mozilla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`= 1.8`	No fix yet

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.

References

osvdb.org/33804
securityreason.com/securityalert/2309
gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/461006/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100/0/threaded
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

firefox

mozilla

= 1.8

No fix yet

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