Improper Input Validation Affecting firefox package, versions <52.0.1-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.25% (64th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-424968
- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2017-5453 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 52.0.1-1 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.
A mechanism to inject static HTML into the RSS reader preview page due to a failure to escape characters sent as URL parameters for a feed's "TITLE" element. This vulnerability allows for spoofing but no scripted content can be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5453
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321247
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5453