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.
References
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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Information
Published : 2018-06-11 14:29
Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03
NVD link : CVE-2017-5455
Mitre link : CVE-2017-5455
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CWE
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_server
mozilla
- firefox_esr
- firefox