Mozilla: Vulnerabilities in libevent library (MFSA 2017-11, MFSA 2017-12)
Published Apr 25, 2017
No CVSS score
EPSS 0.27%
Description
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, CVE-2016-10197. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, and CVE-2016-10197. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, and/or CVE-2016-10197 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This CVE was found to be a duplicate, details from Mozilla project are given below: Three vulnerabilities were reported in the Libevent library that allow for out-of-bounds reads and denial of service (DoS) attacks. These were fixed in the Libevent library and these changes were ported to Mozilla code. These issues use CVE ids: CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196 and CVE-2016-10197
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Dec 12, 2024.
Score over time
Feb–Dec 2024- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
Table of values (2 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00266) | 68.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00266) | 66.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5437 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443326 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5437
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5437
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2016-10196
Change history (0)
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