7.5high
CVE-2017-5388
A STUN server in conjunction with a large number of "webkitRTCPeerConnection" objects can be used to send large STUN packets in a short per…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.6%
percentile 76%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A STUN server in conjunction with a large number of "webkitRTCPeerConnection" objects can be used to send large STUN packets in a short period of time due to a lack of rate limiting being applied on e10s systems, allowing for a denial of service attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.61% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1281482 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1037693 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/95763 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-5388
- NVD: CVE-2017-5388
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