CVE-2017-5419

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5419
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5419.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5419
Downstream
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Published
2018-06-11T21:29:05.093Z
Modified
2026-03-14T09:26:14.711660Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

If a malicious site repeatedly triggers a modal authentication prompt, eventually the browser UI will become non-responsive, requiring shutdown through the operating system. This is a denial of service (DOS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "52.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "52.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5419.json"