Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2017-7790
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (76.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7790?
- CVE-2017-7790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7790?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.