critical9.8
CVE-2017-5470
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 6.0, 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Versions 6.0, 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Versions 6.0, 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Versions 7.3, 7.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Versions 6.0, 7.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 54.0 before 52.2.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 52.2.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99041
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1359639%2C1349595%2C1352295%2C1352556%2C1342552%2C1342567%2C1346012%2C1366140%2C1368732%2C1297111%2C1362590%2C1357462%2C1363280%2C1349266%2C1352093%2C1348424%2C1347748%2C1356025%2C1325513%2C1367692
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99041
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1359639%2C1349595%2C1352295%2C1352556%2C1342552%2C1342567%2C1346012%2C1366140%2C1368732%2C1297111%2C1362590%2C1357462%2C1363280%2C1349266%2C1352093%2C1348424%2C1347748%2C1356025%2C1325513%2C1367692
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/