5.5

CVE-2017-5427: mozilla firefox Race Condition

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5427
Published 11-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-5427 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Race Condition vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
MGASA-2018-0018OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-3216-1

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 52 | < 52.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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