Vulnerability CVE-2017-5416
Published: 2018-06-11

Description:
In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released. This appears to result in a null dereference in practice. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

Type:

CWE-476

 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328121
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/
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