CVE-2017-5459Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
6.3%
top 9.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A buffer overflow in WebGL triggerable by web content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, 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:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages10 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified53
NVDmozilla/firefox< 45.9.0+2
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified45.9+1
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+3
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified52.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Enterprise Linux 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-xjf5-mc43-4jxv: A buffer overflow in WebGL triggerable by web content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2017-5459: A buffer overflow in WebGL triggerable by web content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash2018-06-11
OSV
CVE-2017-5459: A buffer overflow in WebGL triggerable by web content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash2018-06-11
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2017-05-16
OSV
firefox regression2017-05-11

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2017-05-16
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2017-04-21
Red Hat
Mozilla: Buffer overflow in WebGL (MFSA 2017-11, MFSA 2017-12)2017-04-19
Debian
CVE-2017-5459: firefox - A buffer overflow in WebGL triggerable by web content, resulting in a potentiall...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5459 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in WebGL (MFSA 2017-11, MFSA 2017-12)2017-04-19
CVE-2017-5459 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase