Vulnerability CVE-2017-5422

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-5422 (CCN-122817)

Assigned:

2017-03-07

Published:

2017-03-07

Updated:

2018-08-07

Summary:

If a malicious site uses the "view-source:" protocol in a series within a single hyperlink, it can trigger a non-exploitable browser crash when the hyperlink is selected. This was fixed by no longer making "view-source:" linkable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-20

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-5422

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
96692

Source: CCN
Type: BID-96692
Mozilla Firefox MFSA 2017-05 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1037966

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295002

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
firefox-cve20175422-dos(122817)

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-05
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 52

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 52.0)

OR cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 52.0)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:51.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20175422	V	CVE-2017-5422	2023-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7868	P	MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:645	P	Security update for php7 (Moderate) (in QA)	2022-10-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:609	P	Security update for sqlite3 (Moderate) (in QA)	2022-10-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:720	P	Security update for ucode-intel (Moderate)	2022-08-31
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3252	P	libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3546	P	libICE6-1.0.8-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95176	P	MozillaThunderbird-91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94882	P	MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1523	P	Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)	2022-06-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1167	P	Security update for jackson-databind, jackson-dataformats-binary, jackson-annotations, jackson-bom, jackson-core (Important)	2022-05-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1301	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)	2022-04-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1056	P	Security update for yaml-cpp (Moderate)	2022-04-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1693	P	Security update for stunnel (Important)	2022-03-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1412	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)	2022-02-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111899	P	MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64678	P	Security update for apache2 (Important)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111905	P	MozillaThunderbird-91.1.1-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:945	P	Security update for net-snmp (Important)	2022-01-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70030	P	Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)	2021-12-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93994	P	(Important)	2021-12-06
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1137	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2021-11-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1639	P	Security update for squid (Moderate)	2021-10-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105478	P	MozillaThunderbird-91.1.1-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105476	P	MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66933	P	Security update for gd (Moderate)	2021-09-27
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71207	P	hardlink-1.0+git.e66999f-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71352	P	openssh-7.9p1-4.7 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64765	P	Security update for ghostscript (Critical)	2021-09-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70289	P	Security update for libesmtp (Important)	2021-09-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69925	P	Security update for ffmpeg (Important)	2021-09-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47634	P	gstreamer-plugins-base-1.8.3-12.11 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48129	P	libjansson4-2.12-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47131	P	ppc64-diag-2.7.1-5.6 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47683	P	libXrender1-0.9.8-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47987	P	cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-8.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47377	P	libmpfr4-3.1.2-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48191	P	libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47241	P	dnsmasq-2.76-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47831	P	mutt-1.10.1-55.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48080	P	libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47459	P	pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47673	P	libXdmcp6-1.1.1-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48240	P	memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47242	P	dosfstools-3.0.26-6.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48172	P	libpng12-0-1.2.50-19.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48358	P	zypper-1.13.51-21.26.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47755	P	libopenssl1_1-1.1.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48302	P	sane-backends-1.0.24-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47145	P	rpcbind-0.2.3-21.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47619	P	giflib-progs-5.0.5-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47942	P	aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681-38.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48119	P	libgraphite2-3-1.3.1-10.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47570	P	bzip2-1.0.6-29.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48256	P	pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47620	P	git-core-2.12.3-27.14.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48045	P	ibus-chewing-1.4.14-4.11 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48211	P	libunwind-1.1-11.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47591	P	dbus-1-1.8.22-29.10.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47794	P	libtasn1-4.9-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47256	P	freeradius-server-3.0.14-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47658	P	krb5-1.12.5-40.28.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48320	P	sysvinit-tools-2.88+-101.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47948	P	apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47266	P	glib2-lang-2.48.2-10.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47659	P	krb5-appl-clients-1.0.3-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48156	P	libnetpbm11-10.66.3-8.7.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47130	P	powerpc-utils-1.3.2-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47702	P	libecpg6-10.5-1.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48287	P	python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1732	P	open-vm-tools-desktop-11.2.5-1.17 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62728	P	MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1098	P	libopenjp2-7-2.3.0-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101020	P	minicom-2.7.1-1.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101134	P	MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72447	P	MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1773	P	Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)	2021-07-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68012	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 16 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2021-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49443	P	Security update for nodejs10 (Important)	2021-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66841	P	Security update for freeradius-server (Moderate)	2021-06-23
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48359	P	DirectFB-1.7.1-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48745	P	libsilc-1_1-2-1.1.10-24.128 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48534	P	libpng12-0-1.2.50-13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48886	P	telepathy-gabble-0.18.3-5.7 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48398	P	cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2435	P	MozillaThunderbird-52.8-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63524	P	MozillaThunderbird-52.8-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48784	P	libFLAC++6-32bit-1.3.0-11.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48573	P	libzip2-0.11.1-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71094	P	rpcbind-0.2.3-3.22 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48776	P	gnome-shell-calendar-3.20.4-70.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48618	P	rsyslog-8.4.0-14.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48469	P	libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48680	P	libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21-32bit-2.1.0-4.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48815	P	raptor-2.0.10-3.67 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48367	P	apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48657	P	yast2-3.1.206-36.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48847	P	lhasa-0.2.0-5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48719	P	freerdp-1.0.2-7.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64507	P	Security update for hivex (Moderate)	2021-05-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73624	P	Security update for graphviz (Critical)	2021-05-19
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67754	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 15) (Important)	2021-04-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68112	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 14 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2021-03-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100707	P	(Important)	2021-02-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94307	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72109	P	MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89851	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62390	P	MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103747	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72220	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:90092	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62501	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2474	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107373	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:116931	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63563	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72331	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62612	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71465	P	cups-filters-1.25.0-1.107 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2515	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107686	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117201	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63604	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103506	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73247	P	libxcb-composite0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50173	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25703	P	Security update for squid (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73365	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49554	P	libjbig2-32bit on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24941	P	Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66674	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49497	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70184	P	osc on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25645	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Critical)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64420	P	opensc on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25504	P	Security update for libvirt (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73506	P	jcl-over-slf4j on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50214	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25213	P	Security update for ntp (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50080	P	libvirt on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49608	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24930	P	Security update for sysstat (Low)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25005	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49332	P	socat on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26341	P	Security update for fmpeg (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26376	P	Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25659	P	Security update for python (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50119	P	apache2-mod_php7 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25557	P	Security update for transfig (Low)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67854	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50134	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25270	P	Security update for libxslt (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66582	P	pam on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25354	P	Security update for mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49386	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25132	P	Security update for file (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50160	P	libpskc-devel on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201754220000000	V	CVE-2017-5422 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20175422000	V	CVE-2017-5422 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20175422000	V	CVE-2017-5422 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20175422000	V	CVE-2017-5422 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2017-03-07

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