Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-5468

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CVE-2017-5468

Mozilla: Incorrect ownership model for Private Browsing information (MFSA 2017-10)

Published Modified CWE 665
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Red Hat9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (low), Ubuntu (low).

Description

An issue with incorrect ownership model of "privateBrowsing" information exposed through developer tools. This can result in a non-exploitable crash when manually triggered during debugging. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
ubuntu 14.04firefox53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04firefox53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 16.10firefox53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
ubuntu 17.04firefox53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1

References

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