Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.7. 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 < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Sep 20, 2017 | Mar 13, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade icedove | Mar 11, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 9, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 05 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 52.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 06 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.8 | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla ThunderbirdUpgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 52.0 | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java to version 45.8.0-0.175.3.19.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.8.0-0.175.3.19.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.8.0-0.175.3.20.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.8.0-0.175.3.20.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 45.8.0-0.175.3.19.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Mar 11, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbols | Mar 15, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
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