CVE-2017-7783

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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