CVE-2007-1116: Mozilla Firefox

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: version 1.8 only

Published 2007-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.