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CVE-2017-5429

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 52, Firefox ESR 45.8, Firefox ESR 52, and Thunderbird 52.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.4%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1106 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /buglist.cgi?bug_id=1343261%2C1350844%2C1341096%2C1342823%2C1348894%2C1348941%2C1349340%2C · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97940 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3831 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038320 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1104 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1201 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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