Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 preserve the network connection used for favicon resource retrieval after the associated browser window is closed, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users by observing network traffic from multiple IP addresses.
References
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2016-08-04 18:59
Updated : 2017-08-15 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2016-2830
Mitre link : CVE-2016-2830
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
- firefox_esr