CVE-2017-7783

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:Password@example.com"), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-7783
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-07-30T15:24:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 55.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360842 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43020/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100401 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7783
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7783
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:47:29 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:47:29 2018-07-30T15:24:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:47:29 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated