Bug 1530187 (CVE-2017-7846)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7846 Mozilla: JavaScript Execution via RSS in mailbox:// origin
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky
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Bug Depends On:	1530197, 1530198, 1530199, 1530200
Bug Blocks:	1530196

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2018-01-02 08:49:54 UTC

It is possible to execute JavaScript in the parsed RSS feed when RSS feed is viewed as a website, e.g. via “View -> Feed article -> Website” or in the standard format of “View -> Feed article -> default format”.

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2018-01-02 08:50:06 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: cure53

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2018-01-02 08:50:13 UTC

External References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-30/#CVE-2017-7829

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-08 04:49:46 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:0061 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061