VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5398
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 3.71%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.71%). 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 Thunderbird 45.7. 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 < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.
- 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
- 3.71% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/thunderbird esr
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1332550%2C1332597%2C1338383%2C1321612%2C1322971%2C1333568%2C1333887%2C1335450%2C1325052%2C1324379%2C1336510Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1332550%2C1332597%2C1338383%2C1321612%2C1322971%2C1333568%2C1333887%2C1335450%2C1325052%2C1324379%2C1336510Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.