[tor-bugs] #10284 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Locale-dependent JS methods may leak language info to content window

Wed Dec 4 07:00:21 UTC 2013

#10284: Locale-dependent JS methods may leak language info to content window
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 Reporter:  mikeperry             |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting    |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                        |         Points:
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 String.localeCompare, Number.toLocaleString, and Date.toLocaleString may
 leak locale information to the content Window, even if the user is
 spoofing English.

 See also https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769871 and ECMA 402
 (http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-402/1.0/).

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