PT-2017-3974 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Bob Clary + 7 · Published 2017-04-20 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5429

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 45.9 Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.1 Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1

Description The issue is related to memory safety bugs, including evidence of memory corruption, which could potentially be exploited to run arbitrary code. This is due to a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1505

ALT-PU-2017-1506

ALT-PU-2017-1553

ALT-PU-2017-1577

ALT-PU-2017-1578

ALT-PU-2018-1854

BDU:2020-05793

CESA-2017_1104

CESA-2017_1106

CESA-2017_1201

CVE-2017-5429

DLA-906-1

DSA-3831-1

MGASA-2017-0118

MGASA-2017-0139

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1099-1

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://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://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5429 · 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
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3831-1 · Vendor Advisory