CVE-2017-7805

During TLS 1.2 exchanges, handshake hashes are generated which point to a message buffer. This saved data is used for later messages but in some cases, the handshake transcript can exceed the space available in the current buffer, causing the allocation of a new buffer. This leaves a pointer pointing to the old, freed buffer, resulting in a use-after-free when handshake hashes are then calculated afterwards. This can result in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.
References
Link Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2832 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377618 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3987 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3998 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4014 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2832 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377618 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3987 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3998 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4014 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:52.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:56.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:52.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:32


NVD link : CVE-2017-7805

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7805

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7805


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free