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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 52. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component RSS Reader. Performing a manipulation of the argument Title results in input validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-5453. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 52 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component RSS Reader. The manipulation of the argument title with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on integrity.
The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was presented 04/19/2017 by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala with Zero Day Initiative as MFSA 2017-10 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5453 since 01/13/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99496 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (5e0a038a-ca30-416d-a2f5-38cbf5e7df33)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276572 (Fedora Security Update for firefox (FEDORA-2017-31c64a0bbf)).
Upgrading to version 53 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99496), SecurityFocus (BID 97940†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038320†). See VDB-100289, VDB-100290, VDB-100291 and VDB-100292 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
- Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 4.3
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 99496
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (5e0a038a-ca30-416d-a2f5-38cbf5e7df33)
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2017-10_2017-12)-Windows
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 53
Timeline
01/13/2017 🔍04/19/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2017-10
Researcher: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2017-5453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100323
SecurityFocus: 97940 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5453 - Mozilla - Firefox - Spoofing Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038320
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Entry
Created: 04/20/2017 14:54Updated: 08/26/2024 23:48
Changes: 04/20/2017 14:54 (79), 09/18/2020 16:06 (8), 12/21/2020 08:17 (3), 08/26/2024 23:48 (17)
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