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
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
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cve-icon 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

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:09.030

Modified: 2018-07-30T15:24:02.027


Link: CVE-2017-7783

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