CVE-2017-5463: Input Validation
First published: Wed Apr 19 2017(Updated: )
Android intents can be used to launch Firefox for Android in reader mode with a user specified URL. This allows an attacker to spoof the contents of the addressbar as displayed to users. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | <53 | 53 |
| <53 | 53 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <53.0 | |
| Google Android |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338867
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5459
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- CVE-2017-5433
- CVE-2017-5435
- CVE-2017-5436
- CVE-2017-5461
- CVE-2017-5459
- CVE-2017-5466
- CVE-2017-5434
- CVE-2017-5432
- CVE-2017-5460
- CVE-2017-5438
- CVE-2017-5439
- CVE-2017-5440
- CVE-2017-5441
- CVE-2017-5442
- CVE-2017-5464
- CVE-2017-5443
- CVE-2017-5444
- CVE-2017-5446
- CVE-2017-5447
- CVE-2017-5465
- CVE-2017-5448
- CVE-2016-10196
- CVE-2017-5454
- CVE-2017-5455
- CVE-2017-5456
- CVE-2017-5469
- CVE-2017-5445
- CVE-2017-5449
- CVE-2017-5450
- CVE-2017-5451
- CVE-2017-5462
- CVE-2017-5463
- CVE-2017-5467
- CVE-2017-5452
- CVE-2017-5453
- CVE-2017-5458
- CVE-2017-5468
- CVE-2017-5430
- CVE-2017-5429
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- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- vendor/google
- canonical/google android