CVE-2017-5390
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-06-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 14:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-13
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 89a4e7172a3aa135df4bec61c04769a66ecd3072fb01ca0437761ef4d16f9882
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297361
- www.debian.orgDSA-3832https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13
- www.debian.orgDSA-3771https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771
- www.securitytracker.com1037693http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0190http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0238http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html
- www.securityfocus.com95769http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Fixed in 51.0.1-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 45.7.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.7.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.7.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.7.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.