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CVE-2017-5398

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.7. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS3.71% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2018-06-11
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (9)

VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
mozillafirefox
mozillathunderbird
mozillathunderbird esr
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux server
redhatenterprise linux server aus
redhatenterprise linux server eus
redhatenterprise linux workstation

References

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