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CVE-2017-5438

Published: 20 April 2017

A use-after-free vulnerability during XSLT processing due to the result handler being held by a freed handler during handling. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (53.0)
xenial
Released (53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
yakkety
Released (53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
zesty
Released (53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
precise Ignored

trusty
Released (53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (52.1.1)
xenial
Released (1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
yakkety
Released (1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
zesty
Released (1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H