Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7824

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Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7824

Published: September 28, 2017 / Updated: September 29, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8621
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-2017-7824
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 improper bounds checking when drawing and validating elements with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content. This is due to an incorrect value being passed within the library during checks. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code on the target 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-2017-7824

Update to version 56.0.


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