CVE-2017-7773: mozilla firefox

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7773 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 12-04-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow write in Graphite2 library in Firefox before 54 in lz4::decompress src/Decompressor.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.