PT-2017-16505 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+4

Alex Bolton · Published 2017-03-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5422

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Description A malicious site can trigger a non-exploitable browser crash by using the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single hyperlink. This issue was resolved by preventing "view-source:" from being linkable.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1322

ALT-PU-2017-1447

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2017-5422

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=1295002 · 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5422 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5422 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19 · Vendor Advisory