Mozilla Firefox ESR CVE-2017-7843 Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:102112

CVE-2017-7843 |

Info

Mozilla Firefox ESR CVE-2017-7843 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 102112
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2017-7843
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 07 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 19 2017 10:38PM
Credit: Konark
Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.5.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.6.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.5.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.5.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.5.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.10
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.9
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.12
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.10
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.9
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.2.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.5.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.3.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.1.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.8.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.0.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.11
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.9
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.11
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.1
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.5.2

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox ESR CVE-2017-7843 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox ESR is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions; this may aid in launching further attacks.

This issue is fixed in:

Firefox ESR 52.5.2

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox ESR CVE-2017-7843 Security Bypass Vulnerability

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].

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox ESR CVE-2017-7843 Security Bypass Vulnerability

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

References

Mozilla Firefox ESR CVE-2017-7843 Security Bypass Vulnerability

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