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 firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Jan 27, 2017 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade icedoveUpgrade firefox-esr | Nov 17, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade libxulUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefox | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird. | 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 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 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.5.0-0.175.3.15.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade 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 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozilla-nss-x86Upgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade libsoftokn3-x86Upgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade libfreebl3-x86Upgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bitUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinitUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bit | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
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