CVE-2017-7819

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2017-09-28
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
1496654: CVE-2017-7819 Mozilla: Use-after-free while resizing images in design mode (MFSA 2017-22)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in design mode when image objects are resized if objects referenced during the resizing have been freed from memory. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Find out more about CVE-2017-7819 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
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 Nils as the original reporter.

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