Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5391
CVE-2017-5391
Description
Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
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Affected products
4<51+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <51
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/nvdVendor Advisory
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