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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:13.337Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-5422

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:05.250

Modified: 2018-08-07T12:17:31.827

Link: CVE-2017-5422

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