# CVE-2010-3775: Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, does not properly handle certain redirections involving

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-12-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, does not properly handle certain redirections involving data: URLs and Java LiveConnect scripts, which allows remote attackers to start processes, read arbitrary local files, and establish network connections via vectors involving a refresh value in the http-equiv attribute of a META element, which causes the wrong security principal to be used.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589041
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052022.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0966.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1019-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610525
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42818
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611897
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2132
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024848
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052504.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0967.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052502.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11666
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42716
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052032.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45355
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-79.html

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