CVE-2017-5470

CRITICAL

Debian Linux < 54.0 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1. 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 Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99041
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0187
EPSS Percentile 83.4%
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 (17)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
mozilla/firefox < 54.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 52.2.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
... and 7 more
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026