PT-2017-3989 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Nils · Published 2017-10-27 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-7828

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 57 Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.5 Thunderbird versions prior to 52.5

Description A use-after-free issue occurs due to the PressShell object being freed while still in use, potentially leading to a crash during flushing and resizing layout operations. This can result in a denial of service.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 57, update to version 57 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.5, update to version 52.5 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.5, update to version 52.5 or later.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2652

ALT-PU-2017-2703

ALT-PU-2017-2739

ALT-PU-2018-1854

BDU:2021-00024

CESA-2017_3247

CESA-2017_3372

CVE-2017-7828

DLA-1172-1

DLA-1199-1

DSA-4035-1

DSA-4061-1

DSA-4075-1

MGASA-2017-0418

MGASA-2017-0432

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:3108-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:3110-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_3027-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2017:3247

RHSA-2017:3372

RHSA-2017_3247

RHSA-2017_3372

SUSE-SU-2017:3213-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3233-1

USN-3477-1

USN-3477-2

USN-3477-3

USN-3477-4

USN-3490-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2037

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3477-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0018.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00024 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3247 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/52.5.0/releasenotes · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3477-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3477-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3477-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:3108-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3490-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4035-1 · Vendor Advisory