Description
The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Mozilla Firefox ESR
unspecified to < 52.1affected
Mozilla Firefox
unspecified to < 53affected
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 ↗