CVE-2017-7790

high

Description

On Windows systems, if non-null-terminated strings are copied into the crash reporter for some specific registry keys, stack memory data can be copied until a null is found. This can potentially contain private data from the local system. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High