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CVE-2017-5470
CRITICAL
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1. 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 < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
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 (18)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
| 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 | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | * < 54.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | * < 52.2.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * < 52.2.0 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-fg8w-mc4h-w4c7
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1. Some of these bugs showed...
References (20)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99041 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1359639%2C1349595%2C1352295%2C1352556%2C1342552%2C1342567%2C1346012%2C1366140%2C1368732%2C1297111%2C1362590%2C1357462%2C1363280%2C1349266%2C1352093%2C1348424%2C1347748%2C1356025%2C1325513%2C1367692 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99041 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1359639%2C1349595%2C1352295%2C1352556%2C1342552%2C1342567%2C1346012%2C1366140%2C1368732%2C1297111%2C1362590%2C1357462%2C1363280%2C1349266%2C1352093%2C1348424%2C1347748%2C1356025%2C1325513%2C1367692 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
2.53%
Top 16% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub