CVE-2017-7790 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5