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CVE-2017-7816

Publication date 2 October 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

WebExtensions could use popups and panels in the extension UI to load an "about:" privileged URL, violating security checks that disallow this behavior. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3435-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 2 October 2017

Other references