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CVE-2016-7153 (GCVE-0-2016-7153)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-06 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2016-08-03 00:00
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