Mozilla: Incorrect ownership model for Private Browsing information (MFSA 2017-10)
Published Jun 11, 2018
9.1
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.44%
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 products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<53
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 83.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.48% (0.02476) | 82.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 2.85% (0.02853) | 85.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.88% (0.03876) | 87.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.70% (0.10697) | 88.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.95% (0.03948) | 87.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 72.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 71.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 69.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00497) | 73.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00712) | 77.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00718) | 77.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 76.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 28.32th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 27.69th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 64.49th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5468 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329521 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443316 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5468
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5468
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5468
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5468 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329521 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443316 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5468 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5468 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5468 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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