vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-7843: firefox-esr -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 5, 2017
Added
Dec 12, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-firefox-esr
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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