PT-2017-3973 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Nils · Published 2017-03-16 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5442

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 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.9 Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability that occurs when manipulating DOM elements, specifically during changes in style. This can result in a potentially exploitable crash, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 53, update to version 53 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.1, update to version 52.1 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.9, update to version 45.9 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1, update to version 52.1 or later.

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:2020-05748

CESA-2017_1104

CESA-2017_1106

CESA-2017_1201

CVE-2017-5442

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://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3260-2 · 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://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• 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://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05748 · Security Note
• 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
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory