PT-2017-3972 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Nils · Published 2017-03-02 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5441

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 53 Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.1 Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability, which can cause a potentially exploitable crash when holding a selection during scroll events. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 53, update to version 53 or later to resolve the issue. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.1, update to version 52.1 or later to resolve the issue. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1, update to version 52.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1505

ALT-PU-2017-1506

ALT-PU-2017-1553

ALT-PU-2017-1577

ALT-PU-2018-1854

BDU:2020-05747

CESA-2017_1104

CESA-2017_1106

CESA-2017_1201

CVE-2017-5441

DLA-906-1

DSA-3831-1

MGASA-2017-0118

MGASA-2017-0139

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2017:1104

RHSA-2017:1106

RHSA-2017:1201

RHSA-2017_1104

RHSA-2017_1106

RHSA-2017_1201

SUSE-SU-2017:1175-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1248-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1669-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1

USN-3260-1

USN-3260-2

USN-3278-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2087

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343795 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3260-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0018.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3260-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5441 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0118 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1?_ga=2.91217818.1630830267.1608209597-1543702552.1605094901 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5435 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5468 · Vendor Advisory