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CVE-2017-5391 Details

Description

Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309310 CVEIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309310 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
< 51.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5391
NVD Published Date:
Jun 11, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-5391 Details - Not Deferred