A vulnerability while parsing "application/http-index-format" format content where uninitialized values are used to create an array. This could allow the reading of uninitialized memory into the arrays affected. 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:
Find out more about CVE-2017-5445 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS3 Base Score | 6.1 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | Low |
Availability Impact | None |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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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 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Will not fix |