CVE-2016-7152 describes a vulnerability in the HTTPS protocol that allows remote attackers to infer content length by observing TCP congestion window behavior, facilitating a "HEIST" attack. This flaw, affecting products from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Opera, enables the extraction of cleartext data when third-party cookies are sent from a web browser. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM), it has a low impact on confidentiality and requires no user interaction or privileges to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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