CVE-2016-1939

Mozilla: Firefox allows for control characters to be set in cookie names (MFSA 2016-04)

Published Jan 31, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 stores cookies with names containing vertical tab characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading HTTP Cookie headers. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7208.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3028 Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 stores cookies with names containing vertical tab characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading HTTP Cookie headers. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7208.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2880-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved
Jan 20, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 31, 2016, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:42 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 26, 2016, 12:00 AM