Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7779 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	100201
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-7779
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 08 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 22 2017 10:11AM
Credit:	Masayuki Nakano, Gary Kwong, Ronald Crane, Andrew McCreight, Tyson Smith, Bevis Tseng, Christian Holler, Bryce Van Dyk, Dragana Damjanovic, Kartikaya Gupta, Philipp, Tristan Bourvon, and Andi-Bogdan Postelnicu
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 17.04 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Client Optional 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Client Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 45.5.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 45.1.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 16.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 52.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 52.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 52 Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 5 Mozilla Thunderbird 45.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 45.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 45.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 45.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 38.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 32.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.1.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.1.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.1.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 31.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 31 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.8.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 23.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 16 Mozilla Thunderbird 15 Mozilla Thunderbird 14 Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.2 Mozilla Firefox 54 Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:	Mozilla Thunderbird 52.3 Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.3 Mozilla Firefox 55

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7779 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Mozilla Firefox is prone to multiple unspecified memory-corruption vulnerabilities.

Attackers can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

Mozilla Firefox 54 and Firefox ESR 52.2 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7779 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7779 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2017-7779 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

References:

• Mozilla Firefox Homepage (Mozilla)
  
• MFSA 2017-18: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 55 (Mozilla)
  
• MFSA2017-20: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.3 (Mozilla)