CVE-2017-7810
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 55 and Firefox ESR 52.3. 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 Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.
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CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2017:2831 | 2017-09-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2017:2885 | 2017-10-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2017:2831 | 2017-09-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2017:2885 | 2017-10-11 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Christoph Diehl, Jan de Mooij, Jason Kratzer, Randell Jesup, Tom Ritter, Tyson Smith, and Sebastian Hengst as the original reporters.External References
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