Mozilla Firefox up to 54 URI input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 54. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component URI Handler. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-7791. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 54 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 08/08/2017. The weakness was presented 08/08/2017 as MFSA 2017-18 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7791 since 04/12/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102882 (CentOS 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2017:2534)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370507 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities. (mfsa2017-18,mfsa2017-19)).

Upgrading to version 55 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 (102882), SecurityFocus (BID 100240†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039124†). See VDB-105249, VDB-105250, VDB-105251 and VDB-105252 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 102882
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2017:2534)
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OpenVAS ID: 703926
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3928-1 (firefox-esr - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 55

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-18
Researcher: Jose Mar, amp, iacute, a Acu, amp, ntilde, a
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7791 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7791
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105263

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SecurityFocus: 100240 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7791 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039124

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2017 00:07
Updated: 11/26/2025 05:14
Changes: 08/13/2017 00:07 (81), 11/06/2019 15:54 (5), 01/09/2021 09:41 (3), 01/09/2021 09:46 (1), 11/26/2025 05:14 (16)
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