CVE-2016-2830
N/A
Published: August 5, 2016 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.html
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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