{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-3175-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"firefox vulnerabilities\n\nMultiple memory safety issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5373, CVE-2017-5374)\n\nJIT code allocation can allow a bypass of ASLR protections in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of\nservice via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5375)\n\nNicolas Grégoire discovered a use-after-free when manipulating XSL in\nXSLT documents in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening\na specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to\ncause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2017-5376)\n\nAtte Kettunen discovered a memory corruption issue in Skia in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of\nservice via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5377)\n\nJann Horn discovered that an object's address could be discovered through\nhashed codes of JavaScript objects shared between pages. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-5378)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered in Web Animations in some circumstances.\nIf a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via\napplication crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5379)\n\nA use-after-free was discovered during DOM manipulation of SVG content in\nsome circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a\ndenial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2017-5380)\n\nJann Horn discovered that the \"export\" function in the Certificate Viewer\ncan force local filesystem navigation when the Common Name contains\nslashes. If a user were tricked in to exporting a specially crafted\ncertificate, an attacker could potentially exploit this to save content\nwith arbitrary filenames in unsafe locations. (CVE-2017-5381)\n\nJerri Rice discovered that the Feed preview for RSS feeds can be used to\ncapture errors and exceptions generated by privileged content. An attacker\ncould potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information.\n(CVE-2017-5382)\n\nArmin Razmjou discovered that certain unicode glyphs do not trigger\npunycode display. An attacker could potentially exploit this to spoof the\nURL bar contents. (CVE-2017-5383)\n\nPaul Stone and Alex Chapman discovered that the full URL path is exposed\nto JavaScript functions specified by Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) files. If a\nuser has enabled Web Proxy Auto Detect (WPAD), an attacker could\npotentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-5384)\n\nMuneaki Nishimura discovered that data sent in multipart channels will\nignore the Referrer-Policy response headers. An attacker could potentially\nexploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-5385)\n\nMuneaki Nishimura discovered that WebExtensions can affect other\nextensions using the data: protocol. If a user were tricked in to\ninstalling a specially crafted addon, an attacker could potentially\nexploit this to obtain sensitive information or gain additional\nprivileges. (CVE-2017-5386)\n\nMustafa Hasan discovered that the existence of local files can be\ndetermined using the <track> element. An attacker could potentially\nexploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-5387)\n\nCullen Jennings discovered that WebRTC can be used to generate large\namounts of UDP traffic. An attacker could potentially exploit this to\nconduct Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attacks. (CVE-2017-5388)\n\nKris Maglione discovered that WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager\nAPI by modifying the CSP headers on sites with the appropriate permissions\nand then using host requests to redirect script loads to a malicious site.\nIf a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted addon, an\nattacker could potentially exploit this to install additional addons\nwithout user permission. (CVE-2017-5389)\n\nJerri Rice discovered insecure communication methods in the Dev Tools JSON\nViewer. An attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional\nprivileges. (CVE-2017-5390)\n\nJerri Rice discovered that about: pages used by content can load\nprivileged about: pages in iframes. An attacker could potentially exploit\nthis to gain additional privileges, in combination with a\ncontent-injection bug in one of those about: pages. (CVE-2017-5391)\n\nStuart Colville discovered that mozAddonManager allows for the\ninstallation of extensions from the CDN for addons.mozilla.org, a publicly\naccessible site. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially\ncrafted addon, an attacker could potentially exploit this, in combination\nwith a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on Mozilla's AMO sites, to\ninstall additional addons. (CVE-2017-5393)\n\nFilipe Gomes discovered a use-after-free in the media decoder in some\ncircumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted\nwebsite, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of\nservice via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. 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