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MFSA2017-12 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.1 (CVE-2017-5466)

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MFSA2017-12 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.1 (CVE-2017-5466)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/20/2017
Modified
08/13/2018

Description

If a page is loaded from an original site through a hyperlink and contains a redirect to a "data:text/html" URL, triggering a reload will run the reloaded "data:text/html" page with its origin set incorrectly. This allows for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_1

References

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