Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2017-5404Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416Use After Free13 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
21.3%
top 4.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A use-after-free error can occur when manipulating ranges in selections with one node inside a native anonymous tree and one node outside of it. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.

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 Packages10 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified52
NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.0+1
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified45.8
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified52+1
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 45.8.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Enterprise Linux 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-2m8q-984r-f6q8: A use-after-free error can occur when manipulating ranges in selections with one node inside a native anonymous tree and one node outside of it2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2017-5404: A use-after-free error can occur when manipulating ranges in selections with one node inside a native anonymous tree and one node outside of it2018-06-11
OSV
CVE-2017-5404: A use-after-free error can occur when manipulating ranges in selections with one node inside a native anonymous tree and one node outside of it2018-06-11
OSV
firefox regression2017-03-30
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2017-03-24

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Mozilla Firefox - 'table' Use-After-Free2017-03-20

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2017-03-24
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2017-03-07
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free working with ranges in selections (MFSA 2017-06)2017-03-07
Debian
CVE-2017-5404: firefox - A use-after-free error can occur when manipulating ranges in selections with one...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5404 Mozilla: Use-after-free working with ranges in selections (MFSA 2017-06)2017-03-07
CVE-2017-5404 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase