CVE-2017-5398
N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
10 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFirefoxThunderbird
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 45.8.0v < 52v < 52.0
Affected range stops below 52, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 45.8v < 52v < 52.0
Affected range stops below 45.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 45.8.0
Affected range stops below 45.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
v < 45.8
Affected range stops below 45.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 45.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96651VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1332550%2C1332597%2C1338383%2C1321612%2C1322971%2C1333568%2C1333887%2C1335450%2C1325052%2C1324379%2C1336510Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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