The JSON viewer in the Developer Tools uses insecure methods to create a communication channel for copying and viewing JSON or HTTP headers data, allowing for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Jun 11, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefox | Jan 27, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade icedove | Jan 27, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-seamonkey | Jan 25, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | Feb 20, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade firefox | Oct 4, 2019 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade firefox | Oct 4, 2019 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Mfsa2017 01 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 51.0 | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Mfsa2017 02 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.7 | Jan 25, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 45.7 | Jan 27, 2017 | Jan 26, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java to version 45.7.0-0.175.3.17.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.7.1-0.175.3.18.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.7.1-0.175.3.18.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.7.0-0.175.3.17.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 45.7.0-0.175.3.17.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Jan 26, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird | Feb 3, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-other | Feb 2, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Jan 28, 2017 | Jan 24, 2017 |
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