CVE-2017-7820

The "instanceof" operator can bypass the Xray wrapper mechanism

published June 11, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The "instanceof" operator can bypass the Xray wrapper mechanism. When called on web content from the browser itself or an extension the web content can provide its own result for that operator, possibly tricking the browser or extension into mishandling the element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01163 · 66.8th percentile
Published
2018-06-11T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JUN 21:00Z
    The "instanceof" operator can bypass the Xray wrapper mechanism
    cvelistv5