PT-2017-16502 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+4

Chris Hamono · Published 2017-03-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5419

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 52 Thunderbird versions prior to 52

Description A denial of service issue exists where a malicious site can trigger a modal authentication prompt repeatedly, causing the browser UI to become non-responsive and requiring a shutdown through the operating system.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later to resolve the issue. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1322

ALT-PU-2017-1447

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2017-5419

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0690-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3216-1

USN-3216-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2006

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1312243 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0018.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5419 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3216-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5415 · Vendor Advisory