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CVE-2017-5398
CRITICAL
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.
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-119
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (20)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.3 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.3 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.5 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | * < 52.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | * < 45.8.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * < 52.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | * < 45.8.0 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-x79g-jhh9-8x2f
Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.7. Some of these bugs showed evidence of...
References (28)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1332550%2C1332597%2C1338383%2C1321612%2C1322971%2C1333568%2C1333887%2C1335450%2C1325052%2C1324379%2C1336510 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832 Third 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.html Third Party Advisory
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
3.71%
Top 11% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40.3 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub