PT-2017-16486 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+4

Nils · Published 2017-03-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5403

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 Thunderbird versions prior to 52

Description The issue occurs when adding a range to an object in the DOM, allowing the use of "addRange" to add the range to an incorrect root object. This triggers a use-after-free, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later to resolve the issue. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1322

ALT-PU-2017-1447

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2017-5403

MGASA-2018-0018

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

USN-3216-1

USN-3216-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2006

• 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-2 · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3216-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5415 · Vendor Advisory