CVE-2017-7792

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    CVE-2017-7792

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A buffer overflow will occur when viewing a certificate in the certificate manager if the certificate has an extremely long object identifier (OID). This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100206, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368652

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    User Interaction
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