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Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <56.0-1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.18% (55th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-423981
  • published 11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 11 Jun 2018
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Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7812 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 56.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

If web content on a page is dragged onto portions of the browser UI, such as the tab bar, links can be opened that otherwise would not be allowed to open. This can allow malicious web content to open a locally stored file through "file:" URLs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.