USN-3516-1: firefox Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-3516-1 is a vulnerability in firefox Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 3 · Downstream 0 · Related 3Timeline
- 05-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 29-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
firefox vulnerabilities It was discovered that speculative execution performed by modern CPUs could leak information through a timing side-channel attack, and that this could be exploited in web browser JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information from other domains, bypassing same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754).
CVSS metrics
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EPSS trend
No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu1 product
- firefox< 57.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 57.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1 vendor · 1 product