What is CVE-2017-5452?

CVE-2017-5452 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-2017-5452?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2017-5452

Malicious sites can display a spoofed addressbar on a page when the existing location bar on the new page is scrolled out of view if an HTML editable page element is user selected. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

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

EPSS: 0.012 (65.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, 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_BID)
security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5452?: CVE-2017-5452 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-2017-5452?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.