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CVE-2017-5375

Mozilla: Excessive JIT code allocation allows bypass of ASLR and DEP (MFSA 2017-02)

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 24, 2017

Updated · November 26, 2025

Description

JIT code allocation can allow for a bypass of ASLR and DEP protections leading to potential memory corruption attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified