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CVE-2017-5466

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5466 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird versions prior to 53, 52.1, and 52.1 respectively. This flaw occurs when a page with a "data:text/html" redirect is reloaded, causing the reloaded page to execute with an incorrect origin. Rated 6.1 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), it requires user interaction and can lead to information disclosure and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (6)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.1.0-1.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:52.1.0-2.el7_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.1.0-1.el7_3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5466Critical

Mozilla: Origin confusion when reloading isolated data:text/html URL (MFSA 2017-12)

Apr 19, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1201
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-10
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-12
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-13
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97940
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038320
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry