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ubuntu-cve-2017-5469
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-04-20 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

Fixed potential buffer overflows in generated Firefox code due to CVE-2016-6354 issue in Flex. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Severity

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Fixed potential buffer overflows in generated Firefox code due to CVE-2016-6354 issue in Flex. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird \u003c 52.1, Firefox ESR \u003c 45.9, Firefox ESR \u003c 52.1, and Firefox \u003c 53.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5469",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:10Z",
  "published": "2017-04-20T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5469"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5469"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5469"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3260-1",
    "USN-3278-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-5469"
  ]
}



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