Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The Gecko Media Plugin sandbox allows access to local files that match specific regular expressions. On OS OX, this matching allows access to some data in subdirectories of "/private/var" that could expose personal or temporary data. This has been updated to not allow access to "/private/var" and its subdirectories. Note: this issue only affects OS X. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 52 | 52 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 52 | 52 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 52
- Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 52
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox 52
19 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 15 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2017-03441 Memory corruption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2017-03427 Memory corruption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2017-03431 Use after free in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 45
- Release ·
Mozilla Thunderbird 52
14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2017-03441 Memory corruption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2017-03427 Memory corruption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2017-03431 Use after free in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 45
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-5425
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5hrj-7m57-cr8j
References
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-5425 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-5425 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5hrj-7m57-cr8j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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