CVE-2017-7798
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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affected products (70)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1211Mozilla Firefox: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2017-08-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Mozilla Firefox ESR und Mozilla Firefox ausnutzen, um Benutzer zu täuschen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen, beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Angegriffenen auszuführen und einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
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references (19)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100198cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1371586%2C1372112cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100198enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456enisa_euvd
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