Sandbox Escape and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53

Sandbox Escape and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53

CVE-2017-5455 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

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