#VU6336 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2017-5445
Published: April 19, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6336
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5445
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when parsing application/http-index-format format content where uninitialized values are used to create an array. A remote attacker can read portions of uninitialized memory.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Update to Firefox 53, Firefox ESR 45.9 or Firefox ESR 52.1.