CVE-2017-7812

Publication date 2 October 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

If web content on a page is dragged onto portions of the browser UI, such as the tab bar, links can be opened that otherwise would not be allowed to open. This can allow malicious web content to open a locally stored file through "file:" URLs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
	17.10 artful	Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)