CVE-2017-7793Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416Use After Free12 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 14.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the Fetch API when the worker or the associated window are freed when still in use, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages11 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified56
NVDmozilla/firefox< 56.0+1
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified52.4
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified52.4

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Enterprise Linux 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-56mj-fm7c-959m: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the Fetch API when the worker or the associated window are freed when still in use, resulting in a potenti2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2017-7793: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the Fetch API when the worker or the associated window are freed when still in use, resulting in a potenti2018-06-11
OSV
CVE-2017-7793: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the Fetch API when the worker or the associated window are freed when still in use, resulting in a potenti2018-06-11
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2017-10-11
OSV
firefox regression2017-10-04

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2017-10-11
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2017-10-02
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free with Fetch API (MFSA 2017-22)2017-09-28
Debian
CVE-2017-7793: firefox - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the Fetch API when the worker or the...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7793 Mozilla: Use-after-free with Fetch API (MFSA 2017-22)2017-09-28
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