Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.711Z

Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5391

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:03.560

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2017-5391

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