vulnwire
9.8crit

CVE-2017-7828

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the "PressShell" object has been freed while still in us…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
7.2%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the "PressShell" object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash during these operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57, Firefox ESR < 52.5, and Thunderbird < 52.5.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.20% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness

References

  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00001.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1406750 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-4035 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1412252 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-25/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/101832 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-26/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1039803 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-4061 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00018.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3247 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-4075 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3372 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.