Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7844
Published: December 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9528
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-2017-7844
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 an error when handling external SVG images from malicious websites. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, use a combination of an external SVG image referenced on a page and the coloring of anchor links stored within this image and access sensitive information such as stored data and user history.
The weakness exists due to an error when handling external SVG images from malicious websites. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, use a combination of an external SVG image referenced on a page and the coloring of anchor links stored within this image and access sensitive information such as stored data and user history.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7844
Update to version 57.0.1.