CVE-2017-5455

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.

Affected

Mozilla · Firefox ESR · Firefox

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

3.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 89th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191

Security advisories

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry