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CVE-2017-7790 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350460	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	< 55.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Aug 9, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]