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CVE-2017-7792

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

A buffer overflow will occur when viewing a certificate in the certificate manager if the certificate has an extremely long object identifier (OID). This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS3.22% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2018-06-11
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (9)

VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
mozillafirefox
mozillathunderbird
redhatenterprise linux
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux server
redhatenterprise linux server aus
redhatenterprise linux server eus
redhatenterprise linux workstation

References

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