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Mozilla Firefox < 54.0

critical Nessus Plugin ID 275614

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 54.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-15 advisory.

 - A number of security vulnerabilities in the Graphite 2 library including out-of-bounds reads, buffer overflow reads and writes, and the use of uninitialized memory. These issues were addressed in Graphite 2 version 1.3.10. (CVE-2017-7778)

 - A use-after-free vulnerability with the frameloader during tree reconstruction while regenerating CSS layout when attempting to use a node in the tree that no longer exists. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2017-5472)

 - A use-after-free vulnerability when using an incorrect URL during the reloading of a docshell. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2017-7749)

 - A use-after-free vulnerability during video control operations when a <code><track></code> element holds a reference to an older window if that window has been replaced in the DOM. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2017-7750)

 - A use-after-free vulnerability with content viewer listeners that results in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2017-7751)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 54.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 275614

File Name: macos_firefox_54_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/18/2025

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5470, CVE-2017-5471, CVE-2017-5472, CVE-2017-7749, CVE-2017-7750, CVE-2017-7751, CVE-2017-7752, CVE-2017-7754, CVE-2017-7755, CVE-2017-7756, CVE-2017-7757, CVE-2017-7758, CVE-2017-7759, CVE-2017-7760, CVE-2017-7761, CVE-2017-7762, CVE-2017-7763, CVE-2017-7764, CVE-2017-7765, CVE-2017-7766, CVE-2017-7767, CVE-2017-7768, CVE-2017-7770, CVE-2017-7778

IAVA: 2017-A-0171-S