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 firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade icedove | Mar 11, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade seamonkey | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 9, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 05 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 52.0 | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 06 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 45.8 | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 52.0 | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade 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 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.8.0-0.175.3.20.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 45.8.0-0.175.3.19.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java 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 thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Mar 11, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-devel | Mar 15, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 |
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