vulnerability
MFSA2017-27 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 57.0.1 (CVE-2017-7844)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 29, 2017 | Dec 5, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 29, 2017
Added
Dec 5, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A combination of an external SVG image referenced on a page and the coloring of anchor links stored within this image can be used to determine which pages a user has in their history. This can allow a malicious website to query user history. Note: This issue only affects Firefox 57. Earlier releases are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.0.1.
Solution
mozilla-firefox-upgrade-57_0_1
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