CVE-2017-5448Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write11 documents8 sources
Severity
8.6HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An out-of-bounds write in "ClearKeyDecryptor" while decrypting some Clearkey-encrypted media content. The "ClearKeyDecryptor" code runs within the Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox. If a second mechanism is found to escape the sandbox, this vulnerability allows for the writing of arbitrary data within memory, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.7

Affected Packages7 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified53
NVDmozilla/firefox52.052.1.0+2
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified45.9+1
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+3

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-v22c-c5cc-5mv4: An out-of-bounds write in "ClearKeyDecryptor" while decrypting some Clearkey-encrypted media content2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2017-5448: An out-of-bounds write in "ClearKeyDecryptor" while decrypting some Clearkey-encrypted media content2018-06-11
OSV
CVE-2017-5448: An out-of-bounds write in "ClearKeyDecryptor" while decrypting some Clearkey-encrypted media content2018-06-11
OSV
firefox regression2017-05-11
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2017-04-21

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Firefox regression2017-05-11
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2017-04-21
Red Hat
Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in ClearKeyDecryptor (MFSA 2017-11, MFSA 2017-12)2017-04-19
Debian
CVE-2017-5448: firefox - An out-of-bounds write in "ClearKeyDecryptor" while decrypting some Clearkey-enc...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5448 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in ClearKeyDecryptor (MFSA 2017-11, MFSA 2017-12)2017-04-19
CVE-2017-5448 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase