If a malicious site repeatedly triggers a modal authentication prompt, eventually the browser UI will become non-responsive, requiring shutdown through the operating system. This is a denial of service (DOS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:14.280Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-5419

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:05.093

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

Link: CVE-2017-5419

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