CVE-2017-5452

Malicious sites can display a spoofed addressbar on a page when the existing location bar on the new page is scrolled out of view if an HTML editable page element is user selected. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344517Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344517Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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