Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 52, Firefox ESR 45.8, Firefox ESR 52, and Thunderbird 52. 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 Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-906-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3831-1 firefox-esr security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14533 Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 52, Firefox ESR 45.8, Firefox ESR 52, and Thunderbird 52. 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 Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3260-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3278-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Debian Debian Linux
Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:14.380Z

Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5429

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:05.483

Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Link: CVE-2017-5429

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2017-04-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5429 - Bugzilla

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