Description
If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:Password@example.com"), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 6.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16758 If a long user name is used in a username/password combination in a site URL (such as " http://UserName:Password@example.com"), the resulting modal prompt will hang in a non-responsive state or crash, causing a denial of service. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3391-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.386Z

Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7783

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:09.030

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:39.073

Link: CVE-2017-7783

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7783 - Bugzilla

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