CVE-2017-7806

critical

Published — · Modified —

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.5

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the layer manager is freed too early when rendering specific SVG content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`55.0-1`

Debian Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
sid	Fixed	`55.0-1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.