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CVE-2017-5470 Details

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1. 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 < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1359639%2C1349595%2C1352295%2C1352556%2C1342552%2C1342567%2C1346012%2C1366140%2C1368732%2C1297111%2C1362590%2C1357462%2C1363280%2C1349266%2C1352093%2C1348424%2C1347748%2C1356025%2C1325513%2C1367692	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99041	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1359639%2C1349595%2C1352295%2C1352556%2C1342552%2C1342567%2C1346012%2C1366140%2C1368732%2C1297111%2C1362590%2C1357462%2C1363280%2C1349266%2C1352093%2C1348424%2C1347748%2C1356025%2C1325513%2C1367692	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99041	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux desktop	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server aus	7.3 7.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server eus	7.3 7.4 7.5
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox	< 54.0 < 52.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 52.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2025	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 3, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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