CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7844
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
A combination of an external SVG image referenced on a page and the coloring of anchor links stored within this image can be used to determine which pages a user has in their history. This can allow a malicious website to query user history. Note: This issue only affects Firefox 57. Earlier releases are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.0.1.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 57.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102039 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039954 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420001 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-27/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102039 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039954 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420001 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-27/ Vendor Advisory