CVE-2017-5422 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla ThunderbirdDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

If a malicious site uses the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single hyperlink, it can trigger a non-exploitable browser crash when the hyperlink is selected. This was fixed by no longer making "view-source:" linkable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 52.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 52
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 52

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-2gff-65gq-h5qw: If a malicious site uses the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single hyperlink, it can trigger a non-exploitable browser crash when the hy↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2017-03-30
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-03-07
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OSV
CVE-2017-5422: If a malicious site uses the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single hyperlink, it can trigger a non-exploitable browser crash when the hy↗2017-03-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2017-03-30
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-03-07
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Debian
CVE-2017-5422: firefox - If a malicious site uses the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single...↗2017
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