Mozilla Firefox up to 51.x memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 51.x (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/07/2017. The weakness was released 03/07/2017 by Christian Holler with Dell as MFSA 2017-05 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-5398 since 01/13/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101437 (Virtuozzo 6 : thunderbird (VZLSA-2017-0498)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Virtuozzo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370334 (Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 52 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (101437), SecurityFocus (BID 96651†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037966†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-97757, VDB-97758, VDB-97759 and VDB-97760. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 101437
Nessus Name: Virtuozzo 6 : thunderbird (VZLSA-2017-0498)
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2017:0498 centos7
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 52

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-05
Researcher: Christian Holler
Organization: Dell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5398 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5398
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97756

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SecurityFocus: 96651 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2017-5398 Multiple Unspecified Memory-Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037966

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2017 08:14 AM
Updated: 08/27/2024 02:43 AM
Changes: 03/10/2017 08:14 AM (68), 08/18/2020 11:59 AM (17), 08/27/2024 02:43 AM (19)
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