CVE-2017-5390

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-01-24
Bugzilla:
1416279: CVE-2017-5390 Mozilla: Insecure communication methods in Developer Tools JSON viewer (MFSA 2017-02)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The JSON viewer in the Developer Tools uses insecure methods to create a communication channel for copying and viewing JSON or HTTP headers data, allowing for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5390 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0238 2017-02-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2017:0190 2017-01-25
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2017:0190 2017-01-25
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0238 2017-02-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0238 2017-02-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0238 2017-02-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2017:0190 2017-01-25

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jerri Rice as the original reporter.

External References

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