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CVE-2017-5391

Published: Jun 11, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5391
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 51.0 (excluding)
Firefox Ubuntu precise *
Firefox Ubuntu trusty *
Firefox Ubuntu upstream *
Firefox Ubuntu xenial *
Firefox Ubuntu yakkety *
Firefox Ubuntu zesty *

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