CVE-2017-7845 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14
Description
A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9 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. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2, Firefox ESR < 52.5.2, and Firefox < 57.0.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages8 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
1GHSA▶
GHSA-3rhj-p6qq-r5mv: A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9 with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content↗2022-05-14
📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2017-7845: firefox - A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9 ...↗2017