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Vulnerability record · CVE-2002-2314 · published 31 December 2002

CVE-2002-2314: Mozilla improper input validation vulnerability

Mozilla · Mozilla

Mozilla 1.0 allows remote attackers to steal cookies from other domains via a javascript: URL with a leading "//" and ending in a newline, which causes the host/path check to fail.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.5% · top 5.1% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Mozilla 1.0 allows remote attackers to steal cookies from other domains via a javascript: URL with a leading "//" and ending in a newline, which causes the host/path check to fail.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152725 Exploit
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/09/msg00230.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Jul/0260.html Exploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9656.php ExploitPatch
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5293
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152725 Exploit
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/09/msg00230.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Jul/0260.html Exploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9656.php ExploitPatch
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5293

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2002-2314), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.