CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7804
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 52.3.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 55.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 52.3.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100234 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1372849 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- 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/100234 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1372849 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- 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