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CVE-2017-5378

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Hashed codes of JavaScript objects are shared between pages. This allows for pointer leaks because an object's address can be discovered through hash codes, and also allows for data leakage of an object's content using these hash codes. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Mozilla Firefox: before 51.0; before 45.7.0 — fixed in 45.7.0, 51.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 45.7.0 — fixed in 45.7.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.3, 7.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 45.7.0, 51.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 45.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1312001
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1330769
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/

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