CVE-2017-5416 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released. This appears to result in a null dereference in practice. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00856.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14520	In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released. This appears to result in a null dereference in practice. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3216-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328121
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:13.328Z

Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5416

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:04.953

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:34.887

Link: CVE-2017-5416

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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