VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5373
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 50.1 and Firefox ESR 45.6. 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 < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.25% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95762Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1322315%2C1328834%2C1322420%2C1285833%2C1285960%2C1328251%2C1331058%2C1325938%2C1325877Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95762Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1322315%2C1328834%2C1322420%2C1285833%2C1285960%2C1328251%2C1331058%2C1325938%2C1325877Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.