CVE-2017-5419

N/A

Description

If a malicious site repeatedly triggers a modal authentication prompt, eventually the browser UI will become non-responsive, requiring shutdown through the operating system. This is a denial of service (DOS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/11/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mozilla:firefoxmozilla:thunderbird

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1312243(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1312243(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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