vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-7824): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 29, 2017
Added
Oct 3, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content. This is due to an incorrect value being passed within the library during checks and results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird
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