CVE-2017-7791: Input Validation
First published: Tue Aug 08 2017(Updated: )
On pages containing an iframe, the "data:" protocol can be used to create a modal alert that will render over arbitrary domains following page navigation, spoofing of the origin of the modal alert from the iframe content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| <55 | 55 | |
| <52.3 | 52.3 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.3 | 52.3 |
| <52.3 | 52.3 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.3.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <55.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.3.0 | |
| debian/firefox | 118.0.2-1 | |
| debian/firefox-esr | 91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 115.3.1esr-1~deb10u1 102.15.0esr-1~deb11u1 115.3.1esr-1~deb11u1 102.15.1esr-1~deb12u1 115.3.0esr-1~deb12u1 115.3.0esr-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1365875
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100240
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/#CVE-2017-7791
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479209
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7791
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- CVE-2017-7800
- CVE-2017-7801
- CVE-2017-7809
- CVE-2017-7784
- CVE-2017-7802
- CVE-2017-7785
- CVE-2017-7786
- CVE-2017-7753
- CVE-2017-7787
- CVE-2017-7807
- CVE-2017-7792
- CVE-2017-7804
- CVE-2017-7791
- CVE-2017-7782
- CVE-2017-7803
- CVE-2017-7779
- CVE-2017-7798
- CVE-2017-7806
- CVE-2017-7808
- CVE-2017-7781
- CVE-2017-7794
- CVE-2017-7799
- CVE-2017-7783
- CVE-2017-7788
- CVE-2017-7789
- CVE-2017-7790
- CVE-2017-7796
- CVE-2017-7797
- CVE-2017-7780
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