CVE-2017-5419: Mozilla Firefox

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

If a malicious site repeatedly triggers a modal authentication prompt, eventually the browser UI will become non-responsive, requiring shutdown through the operating system. This is a denial of service (DOS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 52.0 (fixed in 52.0)
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 52.0 (fixed in 52.0)

Published 2018-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.