Published: 11/06/2018 Updated: 07/08/2018

CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 445

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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USN-3216-1 introduced a regression in Firefox ...

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website ...

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 ...

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-05 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 52 Announced March 7, 2017 Impact critical Products Firefox Fixed in Firefox 52 ...

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-09 Security vulnerabilities fixed in - Thunderbird 52 Announced April 5, 2017 Impact critical Products Thunderbird Fixed in Thunderbird 52 ...

CWE-20 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295002 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/3216-2/

CVE-2017-5422

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