PT-2017-16480 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Filipe Gomes · Published 2017-01-24 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5396

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 51 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.7 Thunderbird versions prior to 45.7

Description A use-after-free issue exists in the Media Decoder when handling media files, specifically when certain events are triggered after the media elements have been freed from memory.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 51, update to version 51 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.7, update to version 45.7 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 45.7, update to version 45.7 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1089

ALT-PU-2017-1138

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CESA-2017_0190

CESA-2017_0238

CVE-2017-5396

DLA-800-1

DLA-896-1

DSA-3771-1

DSA-3832-1

MGASA-2017-0023

MGASA-2017-0039

MGASA-2017-0323

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0354-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0357-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0358-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2017:0190

RHSA-2017:0238

RHSA-2017_0190

RHSA-2017_0238

SUSE-SU-2017:0426-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0427-1

USN-3165-1

USN-3175-1

USN-3175-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2046

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329403 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5374 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5373 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9904 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5387 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5396 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:0357-1 · Vendor Advisory