CVE-2017-5455

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    CVE-2017-5455

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

    References: , https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High