CVE-2017-5429

CRITICAL

Firefox <53 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 52, Firefox ESR 45.8, Firefox ESR 52, and Thunderbird 52. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0123
EPSS Percentile 79.4%
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 (10)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
mozilla/firefox 52.0
mozilla/firefox < 45.9.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 52.1.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026