CVE-2017-5458

Publication date 20 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

When a "javascript:" URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. This allows for users to be socially engineered to execute an XSS attack on themselves. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	17.04 zesty	Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
thunderbird	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3260-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
21 April 2017