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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-7779 json

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 54, Firefox ESR 52.2, and Thunderbird 52.2.

published 2018-06-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16754

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 52.3
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.3
  • Mozilla Firefox 55
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 52.3.0esr-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7779

  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:52.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:52.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7779

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  • thunderbird RHEL 6 52.3.0-1.el6_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 52.3.0-1.el7_4
  • firefox RHEL 6 52.3.0-3.el6_9
  • firefox RHEL 7 52.3.0-2.el7_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2534RHSA-2017:2456

  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1 +10 more 52.3.0esr-109.3.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +3 more 52.3.0esr-72.9.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +2 more 52-24.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2589-1SUSE-SU-2017:2302-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird Package Hub 12 52.3.0-42.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2209-1

  • firefox Arch Linux 55.0-1
  • thunderbird Arch Linux 52.3.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-375AVG-385

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7779 updated cvss 9.8

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 55 and Firefox ESR 52.3 (MFSA 2017-19)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 52.3.0-2.el7_4, thunderbird 52.3.0-1.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 52.3.0-2.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 52.3.0-3.el6_9, thunderbird 52.3.0-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 52.3.0-3.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 52.3.0-3.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 52.3.0-3.el6_9
    +7 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 52.3.0-2.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 52.3.0-3.el6_9, thunderbird 52.3.0-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 52.3.0-2.el7_4, thunderbird 52.3.0-1.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 52.3.0-3.el6_9, thunderbird 52.3.0-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 52.3.0-2.el7_4, thunderbird 52.3.0-1.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 52.3.0-3.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 52.3.0-2.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2456

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Exploit prediction

2.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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