CVE-2017-5468 is a critical vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 53, stemming from an incorrect ownership model of "privateBrowsing" information exposed via developer tools. This flaw could lead to a non-exploitable crash when manually triggered during debugging. With a CVSS score of 9.1, it presents a high impact on confidentiality and availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges for exploitation. While no active exploits or public exploit code are known, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 53.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 53CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.