VDB
CVE-2017-5456
CVE-2017-5456
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.
EPSS 2.78% · 85.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.78%
85.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1, 44.0+build3-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 |
Timeline
- Apr 20, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5456 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5456 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5456 third-party-advisory