CVE-2017-5379

Publication date 25 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Web Animations when interacting with cycle collection found through fuzzing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 17.04 zesty
Fixed 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3175-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 27 January 2017

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