Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 55 and Firefox ESR 52.3. 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 < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1386787%2C1389974%2C1371657%2C1360334%2C1390550%2C1380824%2C1387918%2C1395598
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2831
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2885
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4014
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3688-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101054
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3987
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0239
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
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 (16)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
mozilla/firefox
< 56.0
mozilla/thunderbird
< 52.4.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
6.0
... and 6 more
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026