CVE-2017-7810

Publication date 2 October 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 55 and Firefox ESR 52.3. 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 < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed in 56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
17.10 artful
Fixed in 52.8.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
23.10 mantic
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
23.04 lunar
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
22.10 kinetic
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
21.10 impish
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
20.10 groovy
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
19.10 eoan
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
19.04 disco
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
18.10 cosmic
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
17.10 artful
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
17.04 zesty
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed in 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Notes

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mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3436-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 11 October 2017
    • USN-3435-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 2 October 2017
    • USN-3688-1
    • Spidermonkey vulnerabilities
    • 19 June 2018

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