5.3

CVE-2017-7812: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-7812
Published 11-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7812 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.23%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-3435-1

Timeline

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

Description

If web content on a page is dragged onto portions of the browser UI, such as the tab bar, links can be opened that otherwise would not be allowed to open. This can allow malicious web content to open a locally stored file through "file:" URLs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 56 | ≤ 55.0.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links