PT-2017-16483 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+6

Rh0 · Published 2017-03-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5400

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 52 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.8 Thunderbird versions prior to 52 Thunderbird versions prior to 45.8

Description The issue allows for a bypass of ASLR and DEP protections, potentially leading to memory corruption attacks. This is achieved through JIT-spray targeting asm.js combined with a heap spray.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.8, update to version 45.8 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 45.8, update to version 45.8 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1249

ALT-PU-2017-1322

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CESA-2017_0459

CESA-2017_0461

CESA-2017_0498

CVE-2017-5400

DLA-852-1

DLA-896-1

DSA-3805-1

DSA-3832-1

MGASA-2017-0081

MGASA-2017-0082

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0687-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0688-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0690-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2017:0459

RHSA-2017:0461

RHSA-2017:0498

RHSA-2017_0459

RHSA-2017_0461

RHSA-2017_0498

SUSE-SU-2017:0714-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0732-1

USN-3216-1

USN-3216-2

USN-3233-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2045

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0018.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5400 · Security Note