CVE-2017-5429

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-5429  

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.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5429 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 8.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:1201 2017-05-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2017:1106 2017-04-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2017:1104 2017-04-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:1201 2017-05-08

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue.

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