Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2017-5468

An issue with incorrect ownership model of "privateBrowsing" information exposed through developer tools. This can result in a non-exploitable crash when manually triggered during debugging. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.025 (82.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5468?
CVE-2017-5468 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-5468?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5468 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.