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CVE-2017-7799

Publication date 10 August 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

JavaScript in the "about:webrtc" page is not sanitized properly being assigned to "innerHTML". Data on this page is supplied by WebRTC usage and is not under third-party control, making this difficult to exploit, but the vulnerability could possibly be used for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
23.10 mantic
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
23.04 lunar
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
21.10 impish
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
20.10 groovy
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
19.10 eoan
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
19.04 disco
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
17.10 artful
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
17.04 zesty
Fixed 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.17.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

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mozjs38 contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3391-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 15 August 2017

Other references