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7.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 53.x (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Opus Encoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability with the Opus encoder when the number of channels in an audio stream changes while the encoder is in use. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
The bug was discovered 06/13/2017. The weakness was disclosed 06/13/2017 by Holger Fuhrmannek (Nils) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as MFSA 2017-15 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7758 since 04/12/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101055 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE (SUSE-SU-2017:1669-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176060 (Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DSA 3881-1)).
Upgrading to version 54.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (101055). The entries 102487, 102488, 102489 and 102490 are pretty similar.
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Vendor
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.1
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 101055
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE (SUSE-SU-2017:1669-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2017:1561 centos7
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 54.0
Timeline
04/12/2017 🔍06/13/2017 🔍
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06/14/2017 🔍
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06/11/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2017-15
Researcher: Holger Fuhrmannek (Nils)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7758 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1038689
SecurityFocus: 99057 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 06/14/2017 17:35Updated: 10/17/2019 18:24
Changes: 06/14/2017 17:35 (82), 10/17/2019 18:24 (8)
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