6.1med
CVE-2017-7799
JavaScript in the "about:webrtc" page is not sanitized properly being assigned to "innerHTML". Data on this page is supplied by WebRTC usag…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 72%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
JavaScript in the "about:webrtc" page is not sanitized properly being assigned to "innerHTML". Data on this page is supplied by WebRTC usage and is not under third-party control, making this difficult to exploit, but the vulnerability could possibly be used for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1372509 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/100377 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1039124 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7799
- NVD: CVE-2017-7799
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