Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7804

Vulnerability identifier: #VU7840

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7804

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website,cause the WindowsDllDetourPatcher class to bypass memory protections and write arbitrary data to arbitrary memory locations.

Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
SUSE Linux
Opensuse

Update to version 55.0.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
• openSUSE update for MozillaThunderbird
• SUSE Linux update for MozillaFirefox
• OpenSUSE Linux update for MozillaFirefox
• SUSE Linux update for MozillaFirefox