PT-2017-3975 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Nils · Published 2017-03-12 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5432

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 Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1 Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.1 Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.9 Firefox versions prior to 53

Description A use-after-free issue occurs during certain text input selection, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This issue is related to the use of memory after it has been freed, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1, update to version 52.1 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 Firefox versions prior to 53, update to version 53 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:2020-05803

CESA-2017_1104

CESA-2017_1106

CESA-2017_1201

CVE-2017-5432

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://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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5432 · Security Note
• 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/CVE-2017-5432 · Vendor Advisory