CVE-2017-5422 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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If a malicious site uses the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single hyperlink, it can trigger a non-exploitable browser crash when the hyperlink is selected. This was fixed by no longer making "view-source:" linkable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295002
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:13.337Z

Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5422

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:05.250

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:35.583

Link: CVE-2017-5422

Redhat

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