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CVE-2017-5440 (GCVE-0-2017-5440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:04
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Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability during XSLT processing due to a failure to propagate error conditions during matching while evaluating context, leading to objects being used when they no longer exist. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Use-after-free in txExecutionState destructor during XSLT processing
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 52.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 45.9 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , < 52.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 53 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-04-19 00:00
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      "initial_release_date": "2017-04-19T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "241",
      "product_status:known_affected": "2",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "Mozilla: Use-after-free in txExecutionState destructor during XSLT processing (MFSA 2017-11, MFSA 2017-12)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-5440.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.