CVE-2017-7824

Mozilla: Buffer overflow when drawing and validating elements with ANGLE (MFSA 2017-22)

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A buffer overflow occurs 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 and results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Ocurre un desbordamiento de búfer cuando se dibujan y validan elementos con la librería de gráficos ANGLE, utilizado para contenidos WebGL. Esto se debe a que se pasa un valor incorrecto en la librería durante las comprobaciones y resulta en un cierre inesperado potencialmente explotable. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a las versiones anteriores a la 56 de Firefox, las versiones anteriores a la 52.4 de Firefox ESR y las versiones anteriores a la 52.4 de Thunderbird.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-04-12 CVE Reserved
2017-09-29 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-09-14 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101053	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398381	Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2831	2018-08-09
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2885	2018-08-09
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14	2018-08-09
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3987	2018-08-09
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4014	2018-08-09
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21	2018-08-09
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22	2018-08-09
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23	2018-08-09
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7824	2017-10-11
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1496656	2017-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Aus"				7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Aus" and version "7.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "7.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				7.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "7.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 56.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 56.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 52.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 52.4.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 52.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 52.4.0"		-		Affected