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CVE-2013-6167
Mozilla Firefox through 27 sends HTTP Cookie headers without first validating that they have the required character-set restrictions,…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
Description
Mozilla Firefox through 27 sends HTTP Cookie headers without first validating that they have the required character-set restrictions, which allows remote attackers to conduct the equivalent of a persistent Logout CSRF attack via a crafted parameter that forces a web application to set a malformed cookie within an HTTP response.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20131017 Re: browser document.cookie DoS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=858215 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131016 Re: browser document.cookie DoS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130403 browser document.cookie DoS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2188 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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