CVE-2017-7779

CRITICAL

Debian Linux < 55.0 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0110
EPSS Percentile 78.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (13)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
mozilla/firefox < 55.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 52.3.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
... and 3 more
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026