CVE-2017-5463

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Android intents can be used to launch Firefox for Android in reader mode with a user specified URL. This allows an attacker to spoof the contents of the addressbar as displayed to users. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: before 53.0 — fixed in 53.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 53.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338867
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338867
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

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