CVE-2017-7798
High
CVE-2017-7798
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.
Exploit probability
2.1%
Published
June 11, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-7798
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100198
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1371586%2C1372112
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/