Security Features Affecting mozilla package, versions [,52.3.0)(52.3.0,55.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377773
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7782  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 52.3.0, 55.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Security Features. An error in the "WindowsDllDetourPatcher" where a RWX ("Read/Write/Execute") 4k block is allocated but never protected, violating DEP protections. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

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