Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.
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Advisories
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DSA-1999-1 | New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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EUVD-2010-0193 | Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document. |
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USN-895-1 | Firefox 3.0 and Xulrunner 1.9 vulnerabilities |
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USN-896-1 | Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T00:37:54.128Z
Reserved: 2010-01-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-0162

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2010-02-22T13:00:02.093
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-0162


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