CVE-2017-5418

Publication date 7 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

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Description

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

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

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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