If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:Password@example.com"), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100401 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360842 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch |
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43020/ | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Updated: 2018-06-12T09:57:01
Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-7783
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:09.030
Modified: 2018-07-30T15:24:02.027
Link: CVE-2017-7783
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE