CVE-2017-5451
A mechanism to spoof the addressbar through the user interaction on the addressbar and the "onblur" event. The event could be used by script to affect text display to make the loaded site appear to be
02 Description
A mechanism to spoof the addressbar through the user interaction on the addressbar and the "onblur" event. The event could be used by script to affect text display to make the loaded site appear to be
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
- 1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- 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 15:04Z2 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
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ca9386f6c767e755101c5b757c522ccf7a21e2ad4e82d903a43bfd31decc77a7
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1106https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- www.securityfocus.com97940http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273537
- www.securitytracker.com1038320http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1201https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Fixed in 53.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.1.1+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 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.1.1+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.