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CVE-2017-5429

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 52, Firefox ESR 45.8, Firefox ESR 52, and Thunderbird 52. 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 Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Mozilla Firefox: before 45.9.0; before 53.0; 52.0 — fixed in 45.9.0, 53.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 52.1.0 — fixed in 52.1.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 45.9.0, 53.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 52.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1343261%2C1350844%2C1341096%2C1342823%2C1348894%2C1348941%2C1349340%2C1352926%2C1353088%2C
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940

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