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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
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.