CVE-2017-5443General(debian / debian_linux)

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability while decoding improperly formed BinHex format archives. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

1.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-787

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • debian_linux
  • enterprise_linux
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_server

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
debian_linuxenterprise_linuxenterprise_linux_desktopenterprise_linux_serverenterprise_linux_server_ausenterprise_linux_server_eusenterprise_linux_workstationfirefoxthunderbird

7 versions affected across 9 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-29: 104-29
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • Brendan Dolan-Gavitt@moyix
    General

    Wow, the bug GPT-5.5 exploited for the OpenVMS Alpha browser challenge actually survived all the way to Firefox 53 (CVE-2017-5443), so it was at least a decade old.

    Post summary

    The post only notes that CVE‑2017‑5443 survived into Firefox 53; it lacks technical details, PoC, exploit, or patch information.

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CPE platform detail17 entries

17 of 17 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSdebiandebian_linux9.0--
Appmozillafirefox---
Appmozillafirefox52.0--
Appmozillathunderbird---
OSredhatenterprise_linux6.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux7.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_desktop6.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_desktop7.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_server6.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_server7.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.3--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.4--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_server_eus7.3--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_server_eus7.4--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_server_eus7.5--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_workstation6.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux_workstation7.0--

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