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CVE-2017-7791
On pages containing an iframe, the "data:" protocol can be used to create a modal alert that will render over arbitrary domains following…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.8%
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- mozilla
Description
On pages containing an iframe, the "data:" protocol can be used to create a modal alert that will render over arbitrary domains following page navigation, spoofing of the origin of the modal alert from the iframe content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- Spoofing following page navigation with data: protocol and modal alerts
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 52.3
- affected unspecified – < 52.3
- affected unspecified – < 55
References (11)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1365875 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3968 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 100240 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-201803-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-3928 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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