CVE-2017-7817Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A spoofing vulnerability can occur when a page switches to fullscreen mode without user notification, allowing a fake address bar to be displayed. This allows an attacker to spoof which page is actually loaded and in use. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified56
NVDmozilla/firefox55.0.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-9f34-96p5-45qg: A spoofing vulnerability can occur when a page switches to fullscreen mode without user notification, allowing a fake address bar to be displayed2022-05-14

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-7817: firefox - A spoofing vulnerability can occur when a page switches to fullscreen mode witho...2017