What is CVE-2017-7777?

CVE-2017-7777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-7777?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-7777 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2017-7777

Use of uninitialized memory in Graphite2 library in Firefox before 54 in graphite2::GlyphCache::Loader::read_glyph function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (65.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions All versions prior to Firefox 54
Sil Graphite2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7777?: CVE-2017-7777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-7777?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7777 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.