CVE-2017-7824

Publication date 2 October 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content. This is due to an incorrect value being passed within the library during checks and results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
thunderbird 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
17.10 artful
Fixed 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3436-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 11 October 2017
    • USN-3435-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 2 October 2017

Other references