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HistoryJul 05, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2023-3482

2023-07-0500:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
10
firefox
tracking data
security vulnerability
localstorage
malicious websites
cve-2023-3482

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

49.9%

When Firefox is configured to block storage of all cookies, it was still
possible to store data in localstorage by using an iframe with a source of
‘about:blank’. This could have led to malicious websites storing tracking
data without permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.

Notes

Author Note
tyhicks mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine
mdeslaur starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchfirefox< 115.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.3UNKNOWN

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

49.9%