CVE-2016-7153

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
The HTTP/2 protocol does not consider the role of the TCP congestion window in providing information about content length, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data by leveraging a web-browser configuration in which third-party cookies are sent, aka a "HEIST" attack.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7153
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-06T10:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-19T06:22:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tom.vg/papers/heist_blackhat2016.pdf Technical Description
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/new-attack-steals-ssns-e-mail-addresses-and-more-from-https-pages/ Technical Description
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036744
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92773
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036746
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036745
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036741
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036742
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036743
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7153
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7153
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:15 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:00:14 2016-09-06T10:59Z 2016-09-06T10:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:00:14 2017-02-19T06:22:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:00:14 Modified Vulnerability Status updated