CVE-2017-5391 Privilege escalation in Firefox

What is CVE-2017-5391?

CVE-2017-5391 is a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 11 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5391?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5391?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-5391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w8p9-p5cr-4q8f, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5391.