CVE-2017-5391 Affecting firefox package, versions <51.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.33% (71st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-424278
- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2017-5391 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 51.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox
package and not the firefox
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5391
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309310
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5391