Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1. 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 Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1007-1 icedove/thunderbird security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-991-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3881-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3918-1 icedove/thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14574 Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1. 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 Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3315-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3321-1 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

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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:14.617Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-5470

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:07.513

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

Link: CVE-2017-5470

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2017-06-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5470 - Bugzilla

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