Description
The Developer Tools feature suffers from a XUL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the web page source code. In the worst case, this could allow arbitrary code execution when opening a malicious page with the style editor tool. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.3 and Firefox < 55.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 3.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1053-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3928-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3928-2 firefox-esr security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16773 The Developer Tools feature suffers from a XUL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the web page source code. In the worst case, this could allow arbitrary code execution when opening a malicious page with the style editor tool. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.3 and Firefox < 55.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3391-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

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Debian Debian Linux
Mozilla Firefox
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Eus Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.384Z

Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7798

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:09.687

Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Link: CVE-2017-7798

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7798 - Bugzilla

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