A buffer overflow resulting in a potentially exploitable crash due to memory allocation issues when handling large amounts of incoming data. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 firefox | Jan 27, 2017 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade icedove | Nov 17, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade libxul | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade firefox | Nov 30, 2017 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 89 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 50.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Mfsa2016 90 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.5 | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla ThunderbirdUpgrade 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 web/browser/firefox to version 45.5.0-0.175.3.15.0.3.0 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/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 firefox | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-x86Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade libsoftokn3-x86Upgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinitUpgrade libfreebl3-x86Upgrade mozilla-nss | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
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