PT-2017-17942 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox+1

Xiaoyin Liu · Published 2017-08-08 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-7790

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 55

Description The issue affects Windows systems, where non-null-terminated strings copied into the crash reporter for specific registry keys can lead to the exposure of private data from the local system. This is due to the copying of stack memory data until a null is found. The attack is limited to Windows operating systems, with other operating systems not being affected.

Recommendations For versions prior to 55, update to version 55 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2060

CVE-2017-7790

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

References · 1868

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7790 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7790 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25728 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31743 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12392 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5698 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1701 · Note
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