CVE-2017-7804 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The destructor function for the "WindowsDllDetourPatcher" class can be re-purposed by malicious code in concert with another vulnerability to write arbitrary data to an attacker controlled location in memory. This can be used to bypass existing memory protections in this situation. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 55
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.3.0+1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 52.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-ggg7-2mjh-7h65: The destructor function for the "WindowsDllDetourPatcher" class can be re-purposed by malicious code in concert with another vulnerability to write ar↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-7804: firefox - The destructor function for the "WindowsDllDetourPatcher" class can be re-purpos...↗2017
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