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.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16765 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.
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Microsoft Windows
Mozilla Firefox
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.439Z

Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7790

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:09.373

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:40.030

Link: CVE-2017-7790

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