CVE-2017-5433 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in SMIL animation functions affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird versions prior to their respective patches. This flaw occurs when pointers to animation elements are prematurely removed from the animation controller, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability via a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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