CVE-2017-7783
N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%
Description
If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:[email protected]"), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100401VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360842Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43020/x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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