CRITICAL
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 55 (MFSA 2017-18)
Published Jun 11, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.88%
Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 54. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<55
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.88% 0.01885
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01885
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01885) | 78.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.91% (0.01909) | 77.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 1.81% (0.01811) | 82.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 2.85% (0.02853) | 85.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.88% (0.03876) | 87.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.70% (0.10697) | 88.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.95% (0.03948) | 87.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00466) | 75.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00466) | 74.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2023 | 0.47% (0.00466) | 72.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00503) | 73.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 20, 2023 | 0.57% (0.00566) | 75.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 0.57% (0.00572) | 74.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00583) | 74.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.85% (0.00850) | 24.96th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.85% (0.00850) | 24.34th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.85% (0.00850) | 58.29th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.85% (0.00850) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100199 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7780 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1353763%2C1353356%2C1370070%2C1375435%2C1373663%2C1363150%2C1370817%2C1273678%2C1367850%2C1347968%2C1361749%2C1349138%2C1371982%2C1344666%2C1369836%2C1330739%2C1371511%2C1371484 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479196 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7780
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7780
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/#CVE-2017-7780
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100199 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7780 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1353763%2C1353356%2C1370070%2C1375435%2C1373663%2C1363150%2C1370817%2C1273678%2C1367850%2C1347968%2C1361749%2C1349138%2C1371982%2C1344666%2C1369836%2C1330739%2C1371511%2C1371484 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479196 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7780 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7780 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/#CVE-2017-7780 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Jun 11, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Apr 12, 2017
Link CVE-2017-7780
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a