CVE-2017-5416 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.9%
top 25.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla ThunderbirdDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released. This appears to result in a null dereference in practice. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 52.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 52
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 52

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-mj77-9wj4-9qvh: In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2017-03-30
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-03-07
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OSV
CVE-2017-5416: In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released↗2017-03-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2017-03-30
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-03-07
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Debian
CVE-2017-5416: firefox - In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released...↗2017
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