CVE-2017-5455

The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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