#VU9528 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7844 

 

#VU9528 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7844

Published: December 5, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9528
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla

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.

Remediation

Update to version 57.0.1.

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