Out-of-bounds write in Graphite - CVE-2017-7778

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Out-of-bounds write in Graphite - CVE-2017-7778

Published: June 14, 2017 / Updated: June 16, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7081
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7778
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in Graphite 2 library due to out-of-bounds-write. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Graphite
Arch Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
Opensuse
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Thunderbird
graphite2
firefox

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7778

Install update from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 54.0
Firefox ESR - update to 52.2.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 52.2
graphite2 - addressed in versions 1.3.10-1.fc24, 1.3.10-1.fc25, 1.3.10-1.fc26
firefox - update to 54.0-2.fc25

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