TI-2017-03402 Aliases CVE-2017-5374 GHSA-wh9h-xpmv-wgch

Memory corruption in Mozilla Firefox

MEDIUM 46CWE-119Published 2018-06-11 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 50.1. 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 < 51.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0179 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Firefox (Mozilla): 51

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Mozilla	Firefox	before 51	51	Patch available	CNA

Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 51 Fixed in 51 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	before 51.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 51.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 51

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2018-06-11
Mozilla Firefox 51
14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2017-03420 Memory corruption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2017-03419 Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged…Priority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2017-03405 Memory corruption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 45
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-5374
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wh9h-xpmv-wgch

References

Exploit 1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1325344%2C1317501%2C1311319%2C1329989%2C1300145%2C1322305%2C1288561%2C1295747%2C1318766%2C1297808%2C1321374%2C1324810%2C1313385%2C1319888%2C1302231%2C1307458%2C1293327%2C1315447%2C1319456

Advisory 1

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/

TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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