Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7818

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Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7818

Published: September 28, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8617
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7818
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error when manipulating arrays of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) elements within containers through the DOM. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Debian 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
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7818

Update to version 56.0.


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