Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49 and Firefox ESR 45.4. 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 Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Jan 27, 2017 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade icedoveUpgrade firefox-esr | Nov 17, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade firefoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esr | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade firefox | Nov 30, 2017 | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 89 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 50.0 | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Mfsa2016 90 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.5 | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 45.5 | Dec 1, 2016 | Nov 18, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 45.5.0-0.175.3.15.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java to version 45.5.0-0.175.3.15.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.5.0-0.175.3.15.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.5.1-0.175.3.16.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.5.1-0.175.3.16.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfo | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libsoftokn3-x86Upgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade libfreebl3-x86Upgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade mozilla-nss-x86Upgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinitUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-tools | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
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