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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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CVE-2016-2830 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255270 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Issue Tracking  Permissions Required 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 CVE, Mozilla Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2830
NVD Published Date:
08/04/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Mozilla Corporation