CVE-2017-5422

Published: 07 March 2017

If a malicious site uses the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single hyperlink, it can trigger a non-exploitable browser crash when the hyperlink is selected. This was fixed by no longer making "view-source:" linkable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.5

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])

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5422
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5422
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-1
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Launchpad
Debian

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