UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7798

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7798

    Published: 10 Aug 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7798
    Aliases:
    USN-3391-1

    Summary:

    Details: The Developer Tools feature suffers from a XUL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the web page source code. In the worst case, this could allow arbitrary code execution when opening a malicious page with the style editor tool. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.3 and Firefox < 55.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7798, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3391-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7798

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High