CVE-2017-5400

CRITICAL

Firefox < 52, Thunderbird < 52 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

JIT-spray targeting asm.js combined with a heap spray allows for a bypass of ASLR and DEP protections leading to potential memory corruption attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96654
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1334933

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 77.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (17)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
mozilla/firefox < 45.8.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 45.8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3
... and 7 more
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026