CVE-2017-5392Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 16.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Weak proxy objects have weak references on multiple threads when they should only have them on one, resulting in incorrect memory usage and corruption, which leads to potentially exploitable crashes. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified51
NVDmozilla/firefox< 51.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-cxh5-m5cc-6w2r: Weak proxy objects have weak references on multiple threads when they should only have them on one, resulting in incorrect memory usage and corruption2022-05-14

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-5392: firefox - Weak proxy objects have weak references on multiple threads when they should onl...2017