Information Exposure Affecting mozilla package, versions [,56.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377439
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 56.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The AES-GCM implementation in WebCrypto API accepts 0-length IV when it should require a length of 1 according to the NIST Special Publication 800-38D specification. This might allow for the authentication key to be determined in some instances. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

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