CVE-2017-5404

critical-risk
Published 2018-06-11

A use-after-free error can occur when manipulating ranges in selections with one node inside a native anonymous tree and one node outside of it. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.

Do I need to act?

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21.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 79% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
41660
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Mozilla

References (30)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96664
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1340138
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3805
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41660/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96664
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
and 10 more references
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critical-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 21/34 · High
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate