CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5455
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• mozilla firefox (< 53.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 52.1.0)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ Vendor Advisory