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CVE-2017-5391

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CVE-2017-5391

Published: Jun 11, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 51

References

1037693
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
95763
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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