CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-5928

Published: Feb 27, 2017 | Modified: Sep 13, 2021
CVSS 3.x
3.7
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The W3C High Resolution Time API, as implemented in various web browsers, does not consider that memory-reference times can be measured by a performance.now Time to Tick approach even with the https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167489#c9 protection mechanism in place, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct AnC attacks via crafted JavaScript code.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
High_resolution_time_api W3 - (including) - (including)

References