CVE-2017-7805

During TLS 1.2 exchanges, handshake hashes are generated which point to a message buffer

published June 11, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

During TLS 1.2 exchanges, handshake hashes are generated which point to a message buffer. This saved data is used for later messages but in some cases, the handshake transcript can exceed the space available in the current buffer, causing the allocation of a new buffer. This leaves a pointer pointing to the old, freed buffer, resulting in a use-after-free when handshake hashes are then calculated afterwards. This can result in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03050 · 87.4th percentile
Published
2018-06-11T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JUN 21:00Z
    During TLS 1.2 exchanges, handshake hashes are generated which point to a message buffer
    cvelistv5