CVE-2017-5444

Publication date 20 April 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

A buffer overflow vulnerability while parsing "application/http-index-format" format content when the header contains improperly formatted data. This allows for an out-of-bounds read of data from memory. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 17.04 zesty
Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
thunderbird 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3278-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 16 May 2017
    • USN-3260-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 21 April 2017

Other references