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CVE-2017-5451 A mechanism to spoof the addressbar through the user interaction on the addressbar and the "onblur" event
Description
A mechanism to spoof the addressbar through the user interaction on the addressbar and the "onblur" event. The event could be used by script to affect text display to make the loaded site appear to be different from the one actually loaded within the addressbar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Thunderbird 52.1 | earliest → < 52.1 | 52.1 |
| Firefox ESR 52.1 | earliest → < 52.1 | 52.1 |
| Firefox 53 | earliest → < 53 | 53 |
References
- RHSA-2017:1106 access.redhat.com
- www.mozilla.org www.mozilla.org
- www.mozilla.org www.mozilla.org
- 97940 www.securityfocus.com
- www.mozilla.org www.mozilla.org
- bugzilla.mozilla.org bugzilla.mozilla.org
- 1038320 www.securitytracker.com
- RHSA-2017:1201 access.redhat.com
Timeline
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