Current Description
On Windows systems, if non-null-terminated strings are copied into the crash reporter for some specific registry keys, stack memory data can be copied until a null is found. This can potentially contain private data from the local system. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
06/11/2018
View Analysis Description
Analysis Description
On Windows systems, if non-null-terminated strings are copied into the crash reporter for some specific registry keys, stack memory data can be copied until a null is found. This can potentially contain private data from the local system. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
06/11/2018
Impact
CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
7.5 HIGH
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
(V3 legend)
Impact Score:
3.6
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):
None
Availability (A):
None
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
5.0 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
Access Vector (AV):
Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
Partial
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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Change History
2 change records found
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Initial Analysis -
8/9/2018 10:37:26 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
|
AND
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 55.0
OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) |
| Added |
CVSS V3 |
|
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Added |
CWE |
|
CWE-320 |
| 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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460 No Types Assigned |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460 Issue Tracking, Vendor 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 |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
6/12/2018 9:29:12 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 [No Types Assigned] |