CVE-2017-5449

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Description

A possibly exploitable crash triggered during layout and manipulation of bidirectional unicode text in concert with CSS animations. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1340127

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2018-08-09

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

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

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (34 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
127347NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0110)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
127332NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0103)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
102694SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED, firefox-gcc5, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
101460Virtuozzo 6 : thunderbird (VZLSA-2017-1201)NessusVirtuozzo Local Security Checks
critical
101457Virtuozzo 7 : firefox (VZLSA-2017-1106)NessusVirtuozzo Local Security Checks
critical
101455Virtuozzo 6 : firefox (VZLSA-2017-1104)NessusVirtuozzo Local Security Checks
critical
101055SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE (SUSE-SU-2017:1669-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
100688EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2017-1093)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
100687EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2017-1092)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
100249Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-3278-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
100153Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : firefox regression (USN-3260-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
100065CentOS 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2017:1201)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
100049Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20170508)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
100045Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : thunderbird (ELSA-2017-1201)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
100021RHEL 6 / 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2017:1201)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
100020openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2017-545)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
99968Mozilla Thunderbird < 52.1 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
99967Mozilla Thunderbird < 52.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
99649openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (openSUSE-2017-509)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
99632Mozilla Firefox < 53 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
99631Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.x < 52.1 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
99629Mozilla Firefox < 53 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
99628Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
99626Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3260-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
99619Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL7.x x86_64 (20170420)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
99576Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20170420)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
99572RHEL 7 : firefox (RHSA-2017:1106)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
99570RHEL 6 : firefox (RHSA-2017:1104)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
99565Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2017-1106)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
99563Oracle Linux 6 : firefox (ELSA-2017-1104)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
99539CentOS 7 : firefox (CESA-2017:1106)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
99537CentOS 6 : firefox (CESA-2017:1104)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
700065Mozilla Firefox < 53 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
99496FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (5e0a038a-ca30-416d-a2f5-38cbf5e7df33)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical