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Debian: CVE-2017-5444: firefox-esr -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-5444: firefox-esr -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/20/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability while parsing "application/http-index-format" format content when the header contains improperly formatted data. This allows for an out-of-bounds read of data from memory. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-firefox-esr

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