Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7808
Published: August 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7842
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7808
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to cross-origin information leak. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, use a content security policy (CSP) frame-ancestors directive to gain access to arbitrary files.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
The weakness exists due to cross-origin information leak. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, use a content security policy (CSP) frame-ancestors directive to gain access to arbitrary files.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7808
Update to version 55.0.