CVE-2009-3014 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3014?

CVE-2009-3014 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 31 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 and earlier, 3.5, 3.6 a1 pre, and 3.7 a1 pre; SeaMonkey 1.1.17; and Mozilla 1.7.x and earlier do not properly handle javascript: URIs in HTML links within 302 error documents sent from web servers, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Location HTTP response header or (2) specifying the content of a Location HTTP response header.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3014?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Mozilla, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2009-3014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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