CVE-2017-5418 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An out of bounds read error occurs when parsing some HTTP digest authorization responses, resulting in information leakage through the reading of random memory containing matches to specifically set patterns. 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 Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00523.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

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Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14522	An out of bounds read error occurs when parsing some HTTP digest authorization responses, resulting in information leakage through the reading of random memory containing matches to specifically set patterns. 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=1338876
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:14.256Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-5418

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:05.047

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:35.120

Link: CVE-2017-5418

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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