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MFSA2017-10 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 53 (CVE-2017-5453)

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MFSA2017-10 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 53 (CVE-2017-5453)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/11/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
08/13/2018

Description

A mechanism to inject static HTML into the RSS reader preview page due to a failure to escape characters sent as URL parameters for a feed's "TITLE" element. This vulnerability allows for spoofing but no scripted content can be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-53_0

References

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