CVE-2017-5391 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-5391 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 2.45% · 85.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

2.45%

85.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Jan 25, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
Aug 23, 2021 EPSS Score
Dec 25, 2021 EPSS Score
Feb 25, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 6, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5391 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/#CVE-2017-5391 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3175-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5391 third-party-advisory

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