PT-2017-16516 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+2

Benjamin Bouvier + 8 · Published 2017-06-13 · Updated 2018-08-09 · CVE-2017-5471

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 54 ALT Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description Memory safety bugs were reported, showing evidence of memory corruption. It is presumed that with enough effort, some of these bugs could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 54, update to version 54 or later to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a fix for ALT Linux.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1886

ALT-PU-2018-1854

CVE-2017-5471

USN-3315-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Ubuntu

References · 32

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5471 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7752 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7751 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7764 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7778 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3315-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1349604%2C1318645%2C1361098%2C1361100%2C1341026%2C1349421%2C1360852%2C1299147%2C1352073%2C1354853%2C1366446%2C1342181%2C1343069 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7758 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7777 · Vendor Advisory