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Vulnerability details: VCID-23kj-e4vc-aaaq
Vulnerability ID VCID-23kj-e4vc-aaaq
Aliases CVE-2017-5438
Summary A use-after-free vulnerability during XSLT processing due to the result handler being held by a freed handler during handling. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5438.html
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rhbs high https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443325
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cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5438
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generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1
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generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5438.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5438.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5438
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336828
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5429
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5432
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5433
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5434
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5435
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5436
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5438
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5439
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5440
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5441
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5442
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5443
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5444
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5445
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5446
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5447
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5448
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5459
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5460
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5461
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5462
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5464
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5465
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5469
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5438
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
1443325 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443325
ASA-201704-6 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201704-6
AVG-249 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-249
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CVE-2017-5438 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5438
GLSA-201802-03 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201802-03
mfsa2017-10 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10
mfsa2017-11 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11
mfsa2017-12 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12
mfsa2017-13 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13
USN-3260-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3260-1/
USN-3278-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3278-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5438.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5438
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5438
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74633
EPSS Score 0.00444
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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