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CVE-2017-5446 — An out-of-bounds read when an HTTP/2 connection to a servers sends "DATA" frames

An out-of-bounds read when an HTTP/2 connection to a servers sends "DATA" frames with incorrect data content. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox <

CVSS
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EPSS
1.01% (top 23.10%)
CWE
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Published
2018-06-11T21:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T15:04:14.345Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An out-of-bounds read when an HTTP/2 connection to a servers sends "DATA" frames with incorrect data content. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified, unspecified
MozillaFirefoxunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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