Access Restriction Bypass Affecting mozilla package, versions [,45.7.0)(45.7.0,51.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377591
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-5390  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 45.7.0, 51.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The JSON viewer in the Developer Tools uses insecure methods to create a communication channel for copying and viewing JSON or HTTP headers data, allowing for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.

CVSS Scores

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