CVE-2017-5420

Published: 07 March 2017

A "javascript:" url loaded by a malicious page can obfuscate its location by blanking the URL displayed in the addressbar, allowing for an attacker to spoof an existing page without the malicious page's address being displayed correctly. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

Priority

Low

CVSS 3 base score: 6.5

Status

Package Release Status
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (52.0)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)
Released (52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist
(trusty was released [52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])

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