vulnerability

MFSA2018-20 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 62 (CVE-2017-16541)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 4, 2017
Added
Sep 6, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Tor Browser before 7.0.9 on macOS and Linux allows remote attackers to bypass the intended anonymity feature and discover a client IP address via vectors involving a crafted web site that leverages file:// mishandling in Firefox, aka TorMoil. NOTE: Tails is unaffected.

Solution

mozilla-firefox-upgrade-62_0
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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