The destructor function for the "WindowsDllDetourPatcher" class can be re-purposed by malicious code in concert with another vulnerability to write arbitrary data to an attacker controlled location in memory. This can be used to bypass existing memory protections in this situation. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
Advisories
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1087-1 icedove/thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16779 The destructor function for the "WindowsDllDetourPatcher" class can be re-purposed by malicious code in concert with another vulnerability to write arbitrary data to an attacker controlled location in memory. This can be used to bypass existing memory protections in this situation. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.400Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-7804

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:09.983

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:41.840

Link: CVE-2017-7804

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