Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5426
CVE-2017-5426
Description
On Linux, if the secure computing mode BPF (seccomp-bpf) filter is running when the Gecko Media Plugin sandbox is started, the sandbox fails to be applied and items that would run within the sandbox are run protected only by the running filter which is typically weak compared to the sandbox. Note: this issue only affects Linux. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
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Affected products
8<52+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <52
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<52+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <52
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 91.1.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1.0-30.1
Patches
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References
5- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96694nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/nvdVendor Advisory
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