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CVE-2016-2830

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Published: Aug 5, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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4.3
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox
Mozilla
1 product
Firefox
Configuration A
5 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mozilla
Firefox
Up to 47.0.1
Firefox
Version 45.1.0
Firefox
Version 45.1.1
Firefox
Version 45.2.0
Firefox
Version 45.3.0

Related CWEs

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (22)

Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue TrackingPermissions Required
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPermissions Required
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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