7.5high
CVE-2017-7783in critical feed1 exploit
If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:Password@example.com"), the resulti…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
13.8%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:Password@example.com"), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
13.85% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-43020 Mozilla Firefox < 55 - Denial of Service · dos · 2017-10-20
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-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/100401 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1360842 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/43020/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1039124 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7783
- NVD: CVE-2017-7783
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