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CVE-2017-7843

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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Description

When Private Browsing mode is used, it is possible for a web worker to write persistent data to IndexedDB and fingerprint a user uniquely. IndexedDB should not be available in Private Browsing mode and this stored data will persist across multiple private browsing mode sessions because it is not cleared when exiting. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.5.2 and Firefox < 57.0.1.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-rpf5-xpfp-546f

Advisory Details

When Private Browsing mode is used, it is possible for a web worker to write persistent data to IndexedDB and fingerprint a user uniquely. IndexedDB should not be available in Private Browsing mode and this stored data will persist across multiple private browsing mode sessions because it is not cleared when exiting. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.5.2 and Firefox < 57.0.1.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7843
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3382
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1410106
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00003.html
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4062
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-27
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-28
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102039
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102112
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039954

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3382
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00003.html
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-28/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039954
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-27/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4062
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1410106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102039
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102112
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T16:19:28.564Z
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