CVE-2017-7790

HIGH

Firefox < 55.0 - Unprotected User Data Exposure via Crash Reporter Registry Key Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox < 55.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026