CVE-2017-7842

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

If a document's Referrer Policy attribute is set to "no-referrer" sometimes two network requests are made for "<link>" elements instead of one. One of these requests includes the referrer instead of respecting the set policy to not include a referrer on requests. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 57

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064Issue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064Issue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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