CVE-2017-5445

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability while parsing "application/http-index-format" format content where uninitialized values are used to create an array. This could allow the reading of uninitialized memory into the arrays affected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-129

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 11, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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