CVE-2017-5391
published 2018-06-11CVE-2017-5391: Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of…
PriorityP348critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.79%
75.7th percentile
Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 51.0-1 (sid) | firefox 51.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 51.0-1 (sid) | firefox 51.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 51.0 | 51.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 51 | 51 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
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Ubuntu
Firefox regression
vendor_ubuntu·2017-02-06·CVSS 9.8
[CRITICAL] Firefox regression
Title: Firefox regression
Summary: USN-3175-1 introduced a regression in Firefox.
USN-3175-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a
regression on systems where the AppArmor profile for Firefox is set to
enforce mode. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5373, CVE-2017-5374)
JIT code allocation can allow a bypass of ASLR protections in some
circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2017-01-27·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-5373 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5373, CVE-2017-5374)
JIT code allocation can allow a bypass of ASLR protections in some
circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5375)
Nicolas Grégoire discovered a use-after-free when manipulating XSL in
XSLT documents in some circ
Debian
CVE-2017-5391: firefox - Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileg...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-5391 [CRITICAL] CVE-2017-5391: firefox - Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileg...
Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 51.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-w8p9-p5cr-4q8f: Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-5391 [CRITICAL] GHSA-w8p9-p5cr-4q8f: Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe
Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
OSV
firefox regression
osv·2017-02-06·CVSS 9.8
[CRITICAL] firefox regression
firefox regression
USN-3175-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a
regression on systems where the AppArmor profile for Firefox is set to
enforce mode. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5373, CVE-2017-5374)
JIT code allocation can allow a bypass of ASLR protections in some
circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2017-01-27·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-5373 [CRITICAL] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5373, CVE-2017-5374)
JIT code allocation can allow a bypass of ASLR protections in some
circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5375)
Nicolas Grégoire discovered a use-after-free when manipulating XSL in
XSLT documents in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially explo
OSV
CVE-2017-5391: Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe
osv·2017-01-25·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-5391 [CRITICAL] CVE-2017-5391: Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe
Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309310https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309310https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
2018-06-11
Published