CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7782
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
An error in the "WindowsDllDetourPatcher" where a RWX ("Read/Write/Execute") 4k block is allocated but never protected, violating DEP protections. 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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 52.3.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 55.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 52.3.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100243 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344034 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100243 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344034 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/ Vendor Advisory