CVE-2017-5456
Published: 20 April 2017
A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 9.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(53.0)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
|
| yakkety |
Released
(53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
|
|
| zesty |
Released
(53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was needs-triage)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
|