What is CVE-2017-5463?

CVE-2017-5463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-5463?

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

Improper input validation in Google Android

CVE-2017-5463

Android intents can be used to launch Firefox for Android in reader mode with a user specified URL. This allows an attacker to spoof the contents of the addressbar as displayed to users. 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: 0.015 (71.1th 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

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5463?: CVE-2017-5463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-5463?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.