What is CVE-2017-5417?

CVE-2017-5417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-5417?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2017-5417

When dragging content from the primary browser pane to the addressbar on a malicious site, it is possible to change the addressbar so that the displayed location following navigation does not match the URL of the newly loaded page. This allows for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5417?: CVE-2017-5417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-5417?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.