Improper Input Validation Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.3.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE37-FIREFOXESR-467903
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-7791  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.7 firefox-esr to version 52.3.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

On pages containing an iframe, the "data:" protocol can be used to create a modal alert that will render over arbitrary domains following page navigation, spoofing of the origin of the modal alert from the iframe content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.