CVE-2017-7798 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-7798 PUBLISHED

The Developer Tools feature suffers from a XUL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the web page source code. In the worst case, this could allow arbitrary code execution when opening a malicious page with the style editor tool. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.3 and Firefox < 55.

EPSS 3.57% · 87.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

3.57%

87.6th 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	40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 41.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	mozjs38	0, 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu1, 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu3

Timeline

Aug 8, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7798 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3391-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7798 third-party-advisory

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