NVD - CVE-2017-7779

CVE-2017-7779 Detail

Current Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 54, Firefox ESR 52.2, and Thunderbird 52.2. 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. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 06/11/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1354443%2C1368576%2C1366903%2C1369913%2C1371424%2C1346590%2C1371890%2C1372985%2C1362924%2C1368105%2C1369994%2C1371283%2C1368362%2C1378826%2C1380426%2C1368030%2C1373220%2C1321384%2C1383002	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/	Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Buffer Errors (CWE-119)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 8/1/2018 8:04:29 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 55.0
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 52.3.0
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 52.3.0
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 611 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enter
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1354443%2C1368576%2C1366903%2C1369913%2C1371424%2C1346590%2C1371890%2C1372985%2C1362924%2C1368105%2C1369994%2C1371283%2C1368362%2C1378826%2C1380426%2C1368030%2C1373220%2C1321384%2C1383002 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1354443%2C1368576%2C1366903%2C1369913%2C1371424%2C1346590%2C1371890%2C1372985%2C1362924%2C1368105%2C1369994%2C1371283%2C1368362%2C1378826%2C1380426%2C1368030%2C1373220%2C1321384%2C1383002 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 No Types Assigned	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928 No Types Assigned	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968 No Types Assigned	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ No Types Assigned	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ No Types Assigned	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/ No Types Assigned	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/ Vendor Advisory

CVE Modified by MITRE - 6/12/2018 9:29:11 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7779
NVD Published Date:
06/11/2018
NVD Last Modified:
08/01/2018

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