Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7779
CVE-2017-7779
Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 54, Firefox ESR 52.2, and Thunderbird 52.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
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Affected products
31- osv-coords28 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 27 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 91.1.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-72.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.3.0-42.1
unspecified+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100201nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/nvdVendor Advisory
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