vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-7783)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A denial of service has been found in Firefox < 55.0. If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as http://UserName:[email protected]), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-7783
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-7783
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100401
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360842
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-3
- URL-https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43020/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
- CWE-20
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