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Mozilla Firefox < 52.0

🗓️ 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Firefox on macOS older than 52.0 has multiple memory safety and crash vulnerabilities per mfsa2017-05.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
## 
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2017-05.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
## 

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(275704);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/18");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-5398",
    "CVE-2017-5399",
    "CVE-2017-5400",
    "CVE-2017-5401",
    "CVE-2017-5402",
    "CVE-2017-5403",
    "CVE-2017-5404",
    "CVE-2017-5405",
    "CVE-2017-5406",
    "CVE-2017-5407",
    "CVE-2017-5408",
    "CVE-2017-5409",
    "CVE-2017-5410",
    "CVE-2017-5411",
    "CVE-2017-5412",
    "CVE-2017-5413",
    "CVE-2017-5414",
    "CVE-2017-5415",
    "CVE-2017-5416",
    "CVE-2017-5417",
    "CVE-2017-5418",
    "CVE-2017-5419",
    "CVE-2017-5420",
    "CVE-2017-5421",
    "CVE-2017-5422",
    "CVE-2017-5425",
    "CVE-2017-5426",
    "CVE-2017-5427"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2017-A-0050-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 52.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 52.0. It is, therefore, affected by
multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-05 advisory.

  - Mozilla developers and community members Carsten Book, Calixte Denizet, Christian Holler, Andrew
    McCreight, David Bolter, David Keeler, Jon Coppeard, Tyson Smith, Ronald Crane, Tooru Fujisawa, Ben Kelly,
    Bob Owen, Jed Davis, Julian Seward, Julian Hector, Philipp, Markus Stange, and  Andr Bargull reported
    memory safety bugs present in Firefox 51. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we
    presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2017-5399)

  - A segmentation fault can occur during some bidirectional layout operations. (CVE-2017-5413)

  - JIT-spray targeting asm.js combined with a heap spray allows for a bypass of ASLR and DEP protections
    leading to potential memory corruption attacks. (CVE-2017-5400)

  - 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. (CVE-2017-5401)

  - A use-after-free can occur when events are fired for a <code>FontFace</code> object after the object has
    been already been destroyed while working with fonts. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.
    (CVE-2017-5402)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 52.0 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-5399");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-5413");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/03/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox");

  exit(0);
}

include('vdf.inc');

# @tvdl-content-verify-only
var vuln_data = {
  "metadata": {
    "spec_version": "1.0"
  },
  "requires": [
    {
      "scope": "target",
      "match": {
        "os": "macos"
      }
    }
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "product": {
        "name": "Mozilla Firefox",
        "type": "app"
      },
      "check_algorithm": "default",
      "constraints": [
        {
          "fixed_version": "52.0"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};

var vdf_result = vdf::check_and_report(vuln_data:vuln_data, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
vdf::handle_check_and_report_errors(vdf_result:vdf_result);

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18 Nov 2025 00:00Current
7.9High risk
Vulners AI Score7.9
CVSS 39.8
CVSS 210
EPSS0.29152
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