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CVE-2017-7808 json

A content security policy (CSP) "frame-ancestors" directive containing origins with paths allows for comparisons against those paths instea…

published 2018-06-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16783

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A content security policy (CSP) "frame-ancestors" directive containing origins with paths allows for comparisons against those paths instead of the origin. This results in a cross-origin information leak of this path information. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 55
  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7808

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

  • firefox Arch Linux 55.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-375

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7808 updated cvss 6.1

Mozilla: CSP information leak with frame-ancestors containing paths (MFSA 2017-18)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error

References

Sources

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