CVE-2017-5418

Publication date 7 March 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An out of bounds read error occurs when parsing some HTTP digest authorization responses, resulting in information leakage through the reading of random memory containing matches to specifically set patterns. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	17.04 zesty	Fixed 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)