UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7831

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7831

    Published: 15 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7831
    Aliases:
    USN-3477-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability where the security wrapper does not deny access to some exposed properties using the deprecated "_exposedProps_" mechanism on proxy objects. These properties should be explicitly unavailable to proxy objects. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7831, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3477-1, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1392026, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7831

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

    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