High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5450

Description

A mechanism to spoof the Firefox for Android addressbar using a "javascript:" URI. On Firefox for Android, the base domain is parsed incorrectly, making the resulting location less visibly a spoofed site and showing an incorrect domain in appended notifications. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

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Affected products

Mozilla Corporation/Firefox for Androidllm-fuzzy
Range: <53
Mozilla Corporation/Firefoxv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/nvdVendor Advisory

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