CVE-2010-1206: Mozilla Firefox

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The startDocumentLoad function in browser/base/content/browser.js in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, does not properly implement the Same Origin Policy in certain circumstances related to the about:blank document and a document that is currently loading, which allows (1) remote web servers to conduct spoofing attacks via vectors involving a 204 (aka No Content) status code, and allows (2) remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via vectors involving a window.stop call.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: version 3.5.1 only; version 3.5.2 only; version 3.5.3 only; version 3.5.4 only; version 3.5.5 only; version 3.5.6 only; …
• Mozilla Seamonkey: up to and including 2.0.5; version 1.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; version 1.0.3 only; version 1.0.4 only; …

Published 2010-06-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.