Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2017-5391
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.
EPSS: 0.018 (76.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-5391?
- CVE-2017-5391 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2017-5391?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-5391 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.