| Name | CVE-2017-5470 |
| Description | Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 53 and Firefox ESR 52.1. 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 < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1007-1, DLA-991-1, DSA-3881-1, DSA-3918-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 133.0.3-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 128.5.0esr-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 128.5.1esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 54.0-1 | |||
| firefox-esr | source | wheezy | 52.2.0esr-1~deb7u1 | DLA-991-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | jessie | 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1 | DSA-3881-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | stretch | 52.2.0esr-1~deb9u1 | DSA-3881-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | 52.2.0esr-1 | |||
| icedove | source | wheezy | 1:52.2.1-1~deb7u1 | DLA-1007-1 | ||
| icedove | source | jessie | 1:52.2.1-4~deb8u1 | DSA-3918-1 | ||
| icedove | source | stretch | 1:52.2.1-4~deb9u1 | DSA-3918-1 | ||
| icedove | source | (unstable) | 1:52.2.0-1 |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-5470
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/#CVE-2017-5470
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/#CVE-2017-5470