CVE-2017-5396
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.1% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Media Decoder when working with media files when some events are fired after the media elements are freed from memory. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.1% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-06-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| mozilla | firefox |
| mozilla | thunderbird |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329403
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329403
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771
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