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MFSA2015-114 Firefox: Information disclosure via the High Resolution Time API

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MFSA2015-114 Firefox: Information disclosure via the High Resolution Time API

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/22/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/23/2015
Modified
04/05/2017

Description

Mozilla identified and fixed an issue where the browser engine does not properly restrict the availability of High Resolution Time API times, which allows remote attackers to track last-level cache access, and consequently obtain sensitive information, via crafted JavaScript code that makes performance.now calls.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-41_0

References

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