Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting firefox package, versions <0:52.2.0-1.el6_9


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1513254
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Jun 2017

Introduced: 14 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-7777  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-456  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1440.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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