Out-of-bounds Read Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.2.0esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREFOXESR-5679503
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7758  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 firefox-esr to version 52.2.0esr-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability with the Opus encoder when the number of channels in an audio stream changes while the encoder is in use. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.