CVE-2017-7815
On pages containing an iframe, the "data:" protocol can be used to create a modal dialog through Javascript that will have an arbitrary domains as the dialog's location, spoofing of the origin of the modal dialog from the user view.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
On pages containing an iframe, the "data:" protocol can be used to create a modal dialog through Javascript that will have an arbitrary domains as the dialog's location, spoofing of the origin of the modal dialog from the user view. Note: This attack only affects installations with e10 multiprocess turned off. Installations with e10s turned on do not support the modal dialog functionality. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.14% probability · 66th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS 1.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368981Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368981Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.