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CVE-2017-7785

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7785 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird versions prior to 55 and 52.3 respectively, occurring during ARIA attribute manipulation within the DOM. This flaw carries a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0419 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:52.3.0-3.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.3.0-1.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:52.3.0-2.el7_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.3.0-1.el7_4
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7785Important

Mozilla: Buffer overflow manipulating ARIA elements in DOM (MFSA 2017-19)

Aug 8, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2456
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2534
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201803-14
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3928
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3968
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-18
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-19
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2017-20
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100206
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039124
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry