CVE-2017-7802

high-risk
Published 2018-06-11

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating the DOM during the resize event of an image element. If these elements have been freed due to a lack of strong references, a potentially exploitable crash may occur when the freed elements are accessed. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Do I need to act?

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2.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (17)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Mozilla

References (22)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100202
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534
Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1378147
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100202
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534
Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1378147
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
and 2 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate