CVE-2017-7824

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2017-09-28
CWE:
CWE-120
Bugzilla:
1496656: CVE-2017-7824 Mozilla: Buffer overflow when drawing and validating elements with ANGLE (MFSA 2017-22)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content. This is due to an incorrect value being passed within the library during checks and results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Find out more about CVE-2017-7824 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 Omair and Andre Weissflog as the original reporters.

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