Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2017-5451
A mechanism to spoof the addressbar through the user interaction on the addressbar and the "onblur" event. The event could be used by script to affect text display to make the loaded site appear to be different from the one actually loaded within the addressbar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.3, 7.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-5451?
- CVE-2017-5451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2017-5451?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.