6.5med
CVE-2017-7844
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 determ…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1039954 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-27/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/102039 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1420001 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7844
- NVD: CVE-2017-7844
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