CVE-2016-2830
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.46 % · percentile 73 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mozilla
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 preserve the network connection used for favicon resource retrieval after the associated browser window is closed, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users by observing network traffic from multiple IP addresses.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255270
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-3903
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-2830
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-259 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Mozilla Firefox · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 47.0.1cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |