vulnerability

MFSA2017-20 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.3 (CVE-2017-7787)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 18, 2017
Added
Aug 21, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Same-origin policy protections can be bypassed on pages with embedded iframes during page reloads, allowing the iframes to access content on the top level page, leading to information disclosure. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Solution

mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-52_3
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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