CVE-2017-5418

medium

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.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338876

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2018-08-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

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

Severity: Medium