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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-9797: Cross-origin theft of images with createImageBitmap

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-9797: Cross-origin theft of images with createImageBitmap

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/26/2019
Created
12/18/2019
Added
11/08/2019
Modified
12/27/2019

Description

Cross-origin images can be read in violation of the same-origin policy by exporting an image after using createImageBitmap to read the image and then rendering the resulting bitmap image within a canvas element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

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