Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU6346

Memory corruption in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2017-5430

Published: April 19, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6346

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5430

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption errors. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Arch Linux
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Mozilla Thunderbird

Update to Firefox 53 or Firefox ESR 52.1.