Bug 1429779 (CVE-2017-5401)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5401 Mozilla: Memory Corruption when handling ErrorResult (MFSA 2017-06)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-03-07 04:46:57 UTC

A crash triggerable by web content in which an <code>ErrorResult</code> references unassigned memory due to a logic error. The resulting crash may be exploitable.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/#CVE-2017-5401


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Anton Eliasson

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-08 15:54:37 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:0461 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-08 16:04:37 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2017:0459 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-14 06:04:13 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:0498 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html