critical
CVE-2017-5390
Mozilla: Insecure communication methods in Developer Tools JSON viewer (MFSA 2017-02)
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Oracle (high), Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
The JSON viewer in the Developer Tools uses insecure methods to create a communication channel for copying and viewing JSON or HTTP headers data, allowing for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.5 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0-r0 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr, icedove | 45.7.0esr-1~deb7u1 and 1 more |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr, icedove | 45.7.0esr-1~deb8u1 and 1 more |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox, thunderbird | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox, thunderbird | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox, thunderbird | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox, thunderbird | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 and 1 more |
Show all 26 entries from 16 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.5 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0-r0 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 7 | icedove | 1:45.8.0-3~deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| debian 8 | icedove | 1:45.8.0-3~deb8u1 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.7.0esr-1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | thunderbird | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | thunderbird | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | thunderbird | 45.7.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | firefox | 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | thunderbird | 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | firefox | 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | thunderbird | 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5390
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297361
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-5390.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-0238.html
All 22 references
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5390
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3165-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3175-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5390
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/#CVE-2017-5390
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/#CVE-2017-5390
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/#CVE-2017-5390
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/