CVE-2017-7798
Publication date 10 August 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| mozjs38 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| firefox | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
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Notes
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
8.8 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-3391-1
- Firefox vulnerabilities
- 15 August 2017