CVE-2017-7844 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-7844 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.27% · 79.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.27%

79.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	firefox	0, 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1

Timeline

Jun 11, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7844 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7844 third-party-advisory

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