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CVE-2017-5407

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5407 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Firefox and Thunderbird versions prior to 52 and 45.8 respectively. It allows a malicious webpage to extract pixel values from an iframe using SVG filters, bypassing the same-origin policy to read cross-domain text and history information. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0281 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:45.8.0-2.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:45.8.0-2.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:45.8.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:45.8.0-1.el7_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:45.8.0-1.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:52.0-4.el7_3
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5407Moderate

Mozilla: Pixel and history stealing via floating-point timing side channel with SVG filters (MFSA 2017-06)

Mar 7, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-06
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-07
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3805
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3832
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-05
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-06
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-07
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-09
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96693
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037966
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry