VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7779
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.67%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.67% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534Third 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%2C1383002Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968Third 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534Third 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%2C1383002Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968Third 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.