CVE-2017-5398
Thunderbird Firefox Memory Safety Vulnerability
Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.7. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.
INFO
Published Date :
June 11, 2018, 9:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:27 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5398
vulnerability.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1332550%2C1332597%2C1338383%2C1321612%2C1322971%2C1333568%2C1333887%2C1335450%2C1325052%2C1324379%2C1336510 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07 Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805 Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832 Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/ Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/ Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 01, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1332550%2C1332597%2C1338383%2C1321612%2C1322971%2C1333568%2C1333887%2C1335450%2C1325052%2C1324379%2C1336510 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1332550%2C1332597%2C1338383%2C1321612%2C1322971%2C1333568%2C1333887%2C1335450%2C1325052%2C1324379%2C1336510 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 45.8.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 45.8.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-5398 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-5398
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.67 }} 0.18%
score
0.79580
percentile