CVE-2017-5375 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird versions prior to 51, 45.7, and 45.7 respectively. This flaw allows for a bypass of ASLR and DEP protections through JIT code allocation, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including its association with the "Disdain" exploit kit.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.