5.3

CVE-2017-7831: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-7831
Published 11-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7831 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.56%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3

Timeline

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

Description

A vulnerability where the security wrapper does not deny access to some exposed properties using the deprecated "_exposedProps_" mechanism on proxy objects. These properties should be explicitly unavailable to proxy objects. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.59% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.56%

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

Ubuntu3 products
  • firefox< 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 | < 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.5 | < 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 57 | ≤ 56.0.2

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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