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CVE-2017-5443

Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write during BinHex decoding (MFSA 2017-11, MFSA 2017-12)

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 19, 2017

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

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

CWE not specified