CVE-2017-7800

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in WebSockets when the object holding the connection is freed before the disconnection operation is finished. This results in an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Affected

Mozilla · Thunderbird · Firefox ESR · Firefox

CVSS v3.0 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1374047

Security advisories

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100196
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry