Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7812
CVE-2017-7812
Description
If web content on a page is dragged onto portions of the browser UI, such as the tab bar, links can be opened that otherwise would not be allowed to open. This can allow malicious web content to open a locally stored file through "file:" URLs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.
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Affected products
3- 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
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/nvdVendor Advisory
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