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CVE-2017-7845 — A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9 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. Note: This atta

CVSS
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EPSS
0.76% (top 26.80%)
CWE
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Published
2018-06-11T21:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T16:19:28.566Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9 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. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified
MozillaFirefoxunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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