CVE-2017-5392 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Firefox for Android versions prior to 51. It arises from weak proxy objects having incorrect multi-threaded references, leading to memory issues and potentially exploitable crashes. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, allowing for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 51.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 51CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.