Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 54, Firefox ESR 52.2, and Thunderbird 52.2. 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 < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
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 | Aug 11, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfo | Aug 16, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade icedoveUpgrade firefox-esr | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Aug 8, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird. | Feb 20, 2018 | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Mfsa2017 18 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 55.0 | Aug 9, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 19 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.3 | Aug 9, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 52.3 | Aug 21, 2017 | Aug 18, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Sep 19, 2017 | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfo | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sledUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozillafirefox | Aug 12, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Aug 16, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
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